Numbers in Junior infants

We are learning to recognise and form numbers.  We play number hunting games, number detective and lots more.  We love making numbers out of play doh and forming the numbers in our books.  We learn a little poem to help us remember how to make the number.  

So far we have learned the number one.

Straight line down 

and then we're done 

thats how to make 

the number one

Number 1 is like a stick.

A straight line that is very quick.

And we have also learned the number 2.

Around and back

On the railroad tack.

Two, two,

Two, two

For number 2, go right around.

Then make a line across the ground.

Pattern work in Senior infants

We are getting really good at making patterns using beads, bears, cubes, pegs and links and deciding what comes next in a pattern. Here we are doing some more pattern work on the whiteboard.

2D shapes in Senior infants

We have been learning about 2-d shapes. We made some shape pictures by ourselves using squares, circles, rectangles, triangles, Then we worked with a partner and put all our shapes together to make a new shape picture. We learned that a square and rectangle both have four sides and four corners. A triangle has three sides and three corners and a circle has one curved side and no corners.



Sorting in Junior infants

Halloween Data in Senior infants

We are all excited about Halloween.  We are doing lots of Halloween art and crafts, and learning lots of Halloween words in Irish.  Today we made a Halloween data chart.

 We each got to choose what we like best about Halloween (when it wasn't our turn we kept our eyes closed so we wouldn't see what the others had chosen).  We talked lots about which was the most/least popular group, how many were in each group, how many more/less were in the different groups.  Which would you have chosen if you were in our class?

Shape fun in Senior infants

Data in Junior infants

Titch The Witch asked us to share our favourite things about Halloween with her.  We decided the best way to do this was with pictures and using a chart.  Each picture represented something about Halloween.  

We each had a turn to pick our favourite picture. Then we hid it so we would not just copy our neighbours favourite thing.  

Here were our findings

We had lots of questions and the chart answered them all for us.

There were 15 children in school today.  Most of the children thought trick or treating was the best thing about Halloween ( the sweets represent this).  Only one person liked all the spooky things about Halloween. 

2D and 3D shapes in Senior infants

Maths in Junior infants

We've practiced finding things of different colour and we were fantastic.  Teacher's toys got all jumbled up so we needed to help her sort them out.  Luckily we are all ready good at sorting now and we fixed all the beads and pegs into sorting trays by colour.  

We love playing number detective with our number fans.  Teacher calls a number and we find that number hidden in the fan. 

2D and 3D shapes in Senior infants

Maths with sea creatures

Number games in Senior infants

Maths activities: Ms. Flannery's senior infants

We sort out materials and match them up according to size, shape, colour and type of item. We help each other and often work in pairs.