It’s Maths Week at Mearns Primary and we have been busy in 1.3 counting, practicing our days of the week and months of the year. We also make numbers – we are becoming experts at it.
Today we went for a number walk to see how many things in groups we could find. There was great discussion and lots of laughing.
It is important that we learn through play. The children often don’t realise that they are learning. They learn social skills, discussion skills as were as formal learning of maths and language. The children ask us for different areas to become available in class and we do our best to do this.
Our dinosaurs arrived in the tuff tray this week. They needed “fed”on a regular basis and they had many adventures. Lots of play and discussion was had and we learned how to use our imaginations.
Every week, we ask the children how they would like to learn and what they want to learn. This week, we have put in the castle for role play, the blocks and foam to build with, and the ramps for looking at friction and speed. There are always lots of choices for the children to develop their play as well as having teaching time with the class teachers.
We are always busy in 1.3. There is so much to learn as we play. We also learn to talk to each other, have manners and take turns.
