AnonyMouse_2157 Posted January 7, 2011 Posted January 7, 2011 Hi everyone we have been invited by the rest of the school to take part in Maths week. Has anyone done this before and if so have you any ideas of how best to go forward with this in Nursery? We would like to be able to send activities home (unfortunately we can't invite parents in as they are already coming to another workhop in a couple of weeks). Would love some inspiratation to get us started
Guest LornaW Posted January 7, 2011 Posted January 7, 2011 What about activities like counting songs, shape hunts and maths through stories such as the following:- Number and calculation Adams, P House that Jack built Ahlberg, A Jolly postman Mystery tour What’s in the shop? Anderson, S Backseat’s special day Armitage, R Lighthouse keeper’s picnic Bent, J Green banana hunt Bond, D Granny who wasn’t like other grannies Shark who bit things he shouldn’t Brown, R Ten seeds Burningham, J Shopping basket Butterworth, N Jasper’s beanstalk Carle, E Very hungry caterpillar Cave, K Out for the count Chichester-Clark, E Little Miss Muffet counts to ten Cole, T Fourteen rats and a rat-catcher Dale, P Ten in a bed Dodds, D Minnie’s diner Donaldson, J One Ted falls out of bed Sharing a shell French, V Let’s go Anna! Gillham, B How many sharks in the bath? Glicksman, C Eric the red Graham, B First there was Frances Grindley, S Four black puppies Haskamp, S Eight silly monkeys Hawkins, C Noah built an ark one day This old car Hedderwick, M Katie Morag and the birthdays Hughes, S Alfie gets in first Hutchins, P Doorbell rang 1 hunter Inkpen, Mick One bear at bedtime Kavanagh, P Three little guinea pigs Kelly, M One more sheep Kitamura, S When sheep cannot sleep Kubler, A There were ten in the bed Labrosse, D One yak called Jack Leman, J Ten little pussy cats Maisner, H Planet monster Mitton, T Spookyrumpus Offen, H Fred and Ted’s treasure hunt Puttock, S Don’t count your chickens Ross, T Centipede’s 100 shoes Smith, B Wake up, Charlie dragon Waddell, M Going up Wells, R Bunny money Winterson, J King of Capri Ziefert, H Two little witches Traditional stories: Chicken Licken Enormous turnip Gingerbread man Goldilocks and the three bears Henny Penny Little red hen Princess and the pea Three billy goats Gruff Three little pigs Twelve dancing princesses Wolf and the seven little kids Shape, space and measures 1. Shape and location Berenstain, S Inside, outside, upside down Bond, D Train who was frightened of the dark Boyle, A Where is little croc? Whose hat is that? Brown, J Flat Stanley Dunbar, J Baby bird Flournoy, V Patchwork quilt Hissey, J Old Bear Hughes, S All shapes and sizes Hutchins, P Changes, changes Rosie’s walk Madgwick, W Animaze Morgan, D Blooming cats Newman, M Wonderful journey of Cameron cat Pienkowski, J Shapes Sachar, l Sideways arithmetic from Wayside School Stickland, P Dinosaur opposites Sutton, E My cat likes to hide in boxes Traditional stories: Hansel and Gretel Little red riding hood 2. Capacity, volume and size Agbami, A Ruby’s recipe Alborough, J The washing line Allen, P Mr Archimedes’ bath Billington, J Six feet long and three feet wide Bourgeois, P Big Sarah’s little boots Briggs, R Jim and the beanstalk Burningham, J Shopping bag Hindley, J Little and big Hoffman, M Nancy no-size Jonas, A Now we can go Kroll, S Biggest pumpkin ever Limb, S Big and little McPhail, D Andrew’s bath Where can an elephant hide? Murphy, J Five minutes peace Pienkowski, J Sizes Shannon, M Elvira the dragon princess Traditional stories: Enormous turnip Goldilocks and the three bears Little red hen Magic porridge pot Rumplestiltskin 3. Time Browne, E Tick tock Butterworth, N Jasper’s beanstalk Carle, E Bad-tempered ladybird Very hungry caterpillar Cave, K Just in time Dickinson M Danny’s picture Foreman, M Ben’s baby Dinosaur time Grandfather’s pencil Gray, K Cluck o’clock Hawkins, C What’s the time, Mr Wolf? Hutchins, P Clocks and more clocks Ives, P Granny’s quilt Kidd, R Almost famous Daisy Lloyd, D Stopwatch Murphy, J Five minutes peace Pienkowski, J Time Prater, J On Friday something funny happened Smith, B Wake up, Charlie Dragon Waddell, M Grandma’s Bill Traditional stories: Little red hen Sleeping beauty 4. Length Armitage, R Lighthouse keeper’s cat Lighthouse keeper’s lunch Browne, E Tick tock Browning, D Marina measures up Crebbin J Train ride Dahl, R George’s marvellous medicine Hindley, J Isn’t it time? Impey, R Tiny Tim, the longest jumping frog Maisner, H Bedtime for little pandas Moon, N Billy’s sunflower Proysen, A Mrs Pepperpot Traditional stories: Jack and the beanstalk Rapunzel Three bears
AnonyMouse_2157 Posted January 9, 2011 Author Posted January 9, 2011 thanks for that wonderfully comprehensive list LornaW, it will give me plenty to look at:-)
Guest Posted January 9, 2011 Posted January 9, 2011 Thanks from me to LornaW. I have been looking into promoting maths through stories and this list will give me an idea of where the gaps are in our provision. Brilliant
AnonyMouse_5664 Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 Goodness! What a list! Thank you. We did a FS maths week last year and doing it again later on this month as part of whole school thing. Spent a day on each area....NLC, CALC and SSM. Set up lots of activities, only Numeracy. Didn't do anything else. Did lots of measuring, weighing, number games etc. This time want to do more problem soving, but not sure what yet! Made a book about it with photos but it is in school and can't remember everything. Will be doing a parents workshop after school. Going to set up practical activities for parents to do in school hall. Staff man activity areas. Will do ytalk at the beginning about the diff strands of PSRN. Want to do a powerpoint on PSRN and asked the lovely people on here if anyone has one, but no one replied ! Good luck. If you want any more ideas, let me know!
Guest LornaW Posted January 12, 2011 Posted January 12, 2011 Hi all Just had an email from BEAM they have some great resources and some video extracts on You tube take a look! http://www.youtube.com/user/BEAMmaths#p/u/0/V6HPhpuK0iY Lorna
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