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Kindergarten Addition Adventures!
We've been busy exploring the exciting world of addition in our classroom! We've been using lots of fun and hands-on materials like counters, blocks, tens frames, and number lines to help us solve addition problems. These tools have been really helpful in showing us how parts come together to make a whole.
One of our big focuses has been on understanding teen numbers and practicing counting backwards from twenty. It's important that we use our teen numbers (like 19, 18, 17...) and not multiples of ten (like 90, 80, 70...) when we count backwards. This can be a bit tricky sometimes, but we're giving it our best effort!
Tips for parents:
- Encourage your child to help you when out shopping by counting and collecting objects to put into the basket, e.g. ‘Can you get 2 apples? (add more) How many do we have altogether?’
- When playing with building bricks or small toys, encourage your child to count how many of each colour or size.
- Play simple board games and encourage your child to count the spots shown on the dice and the number of spaces to move.
- Sing number-themed ......... counting rhymes and use your fingers or small props to help count the items, e.g. 10 Green Bottles.
- Watch Number Blocks with your child and discuss the concepts. Each episode has been carefully crafted with the help of the NCETM (National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics) and it helps children to see how numbers really work − and master a new key math skill with every adventure.
We're thrilled to see our kindergarteners engaging so eagerly with math concepts. Thank you for your continued support in their learning journey!
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We are thrilled to announce that we have received a 2024 Woolworths Junior Landcare Grant for our project, Bumper Crop!
The children and teachers are looking forward to getting their hands dirty and learning from this project - we'll keep you updated!