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<\/a><\/p>\nI observed the children playing a game at the clay table, they were drawing pictures in the clay with different clay tools and asking their friends to guess what they had made. One child wrote the number 4 in clay.<\/p>\n
\u201cGuess what I\u2019m drawing it has a shell on it\u201d – A snail<\/p>\n
\u201cI draw happy face\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI did number 4, cause \u00a0I\u2019m 4\u201d<\/p>\n
This lead us on to writing numbers in the clay, we made number stones and decided to paint them lots of different colours. When the paint was dry we brushed over them with Pva glue and left them to dry. Finally using a black marker to make numbers stand out.<\/p>\n
Over the past week we have been developing a range of skills at our play area. From counting to recognising numbers, shapes and patterns, Gross motor skills and writing stories we have experienced it all. The children have been so creative. I observed the children playing a game at the clay table, they were drawing … Continue reading Number Stones<\/span> <\/a>
\nThe children have used these number stones to lead their own learning. We have used our counting skills and number recognition to rearrange the numbers in order from 1-10. <\/a>
\nThey have played lots of different games with the number stones, one game involves the children laying the numbers out in order and closing their eyes \ud83d\udc40 \u00a0I take one number stone away and they have to guess what number is missing. To make it more challenging we mixed the numbers up and before removing one.
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\n\u201cIt\u2019s number 4\u201d Next we added in numbers 10-20 to add fun challenge to their learning.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\n\u201cI\u2019m doing it upside down and the wrong way round \ud83d\ude02\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"