Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Lunch counting...

At Lunch we always count people to plates to cups to forks/spoons. We have 8 kids so how many plates/cups/forks/spoons do we need? Lately the kids have been counting in catagories. This is exciting! Today it went like this....
Connor said, "There are 2 girls and 4 boys" so of course I say..."Yes, we have 2 girls and 4 boys, So how many all together?" Connor says 6! ....
We venture further and I say, "Who is not here today?"...Kelly and Jackson..."So we have 6 kids here and 2 kids there, how many all together?" Jence counted the kids here and then in his head added 2 more. 8! Yippeeee! "Thats right, 6 kids here and 2 kids there equal 8 all together....6+2=8.
We do this daily at circle time but using flannel pieces....I am so excited they are transfering it to real life situations!....that right there is Kingergarten math.

1 comment:

Dacia said...

That is awesome. It's amazing all that Connor has learned since he started coming to school at an early time. You do such a great job with our kids and we are so lucky to have you!