Counting Clouds

During the past week, we have been learning about weather (espeically clouds).

 

For maths, the children enjoyed this activity the most.

 

Again, to ensure total focus, I ensured that the materials were all available and organised in containers for ease of use.

 

There were a lot of skills that the children learnt in this activity, from fine motor skills, to number, and basic school readiness skills such as using the correct amount of glue.

 

Cupcake

 

• Is already able to recognise numbers 1-10 and count one-to-one up to 10.
• Needs to learn how to use runny glue (PVA) and show restraint with materials
• Struggles to show focus and follow instructions. This will be the lesson focus for her.

 

• She was able to use restraint with the glue up until the last two numbers.
• Because she enjoyed the activity, her focus was excellent again, up until the last two numbers.

 

Tinkerbell

 

• Can rote count (using her memory) up to 6.
• Is beginning to count 1 and 2 items.
• Needs to develop one-to-one counting up to 4.

 

• To take the focus off school readiness skills, I squeezed the correct number of glue dots onto her page.
• She was able to count (with assistance) each cloud as she put it on the glue dots.

This activity was a great success. The girls both wanted to put their cloud pictures up on the wall to show Daddy when he got home. This is also teaching them to take pride in their work.