\n<\/strong>As part of Maths Week have been exploring pattern through making some yummy fruit kebabs! We talked about the different colours, shapes and sizes of the fruit and then used our favourites to create a fruity pattern.<\/p>\n
Some of the children were able to copy and continue a simple pattern using their favourite two fruits.<\/p>\n Some children were able to create their own more complex patterns with three different kinds of their favourite fruit.<\/p>\n In our sewing area we made patterns threading our different coloured beads, and sewing patterns onto the leaves we collected. We had to concentrate hard as it was very tricky!<\/p>\n In our Playdough Area\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n In our playdough area we have been learning how to make our playdough more independently. We have been using measuring, pouring and filling skills to correctly follow the recipe . We decided to record our recipe and display it\u00a0 to help our friends make their own.<\/p>\n In our Home Corner……… We explored the story of Simon the Sock. Simon is an odd stripey sock. He lives in the sock drawer with all the other socks. Every sock in the drawer has a pair…except for Simon. Will he ever find his match?<\/p>\n Through exploring the story the children were able to use and develop mathematical skills such as sorting, matching, reasoning and comparing. We loved looking through Simon\u2019s sock drawer. We used our matchIng skills to help Simon \u00a0find all the matching pairs! We then used our observation skills to look at the different patterns. We described all the patterns we could see, spots, stripes, stars and some of us even spotted that we had patterns on our own socks on our feet! \u00a0\u00a0Simon the sock challenged us to use our sorting skills to each decide a different way we could sort our socks. We even used our mark making skills to record how we were going to sort them each time! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In our Home Room this week we have been celebrating Maths Week \u00a0Scotland. We have been using the different learning areas In our Home Room to explore this years\u2018 Maths Week Scotland theme of \u00a0\u2018finding the beauty in maths\u2019, learning how we use maths in all different ways. In our Baking and Sewing Areas…. As … Continue reading The Beauty of Maths<\/span> ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2022\/09\/004898AF-A9E0-43BC-96A1-CA72A86CECF6-rotated.jpeg\")
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\nWhen we had completed our challenge we matched all the socks together again in their pairs, well all apart from Simon!
\nWe wonder if any of you have an odd socks like Simon in your home?!<\/p>\n