Kindergarten, Math, Week 9

Monday we played a game with the Location Words

• I had prepared a picture (used clip art) of a room, with things under, on, in, etc.
• I also had 13 small pictures of objects that could be added to the picture.
• One of us would turn over a Word Card, find something in the picture that fit the word (the cat is under the couch) and add an object in a location that fit the word (put the book under the rug).
• I had made some cuts so certain things (rug, door, picture, couch) could have things put under, behind, or in them.

• K. enjoyed this so much we played it twice.

Tuesday we used the Thermometer

• I made one out of cardboard with a piece of red that can slide up and down to change the temperature.
• I said something like, “It is autumn and the leaves are falling from the trees” I put the temperature at 70 and had her tell me the temp.
• I said, “Now it is winter, and the weather is colder. Will the red line go up or down?” Down. I put the temp at 50 and had K. read it.
• I said, “Now it is spring and the weather is warmer. Will the red line go up or down?” Up. I put the temp at 74 and had K. read it.
• After I established that K. understood that up is warmer and down is colder, I quit asking that question and we just went through the seasons a few times with me changing the temp and her reading it.

Wednesday we discussed the Calendar

• I just took the calendar off the wall and we talked about the days of the week, months, year, etc.

Thursday was Solid Shapes

• We played Solid Shape Bingo

Friday we had Money

• We quickly reviewed the value of the penny, nickel, and dime.
• Then I put some money on each side of a paper and K. told me which was more, or if they were equal.
• This is helping to introduce the concept of ‘counting on’. She knows the nickel is 5 cents, so she can start with 5 and the go to 6, 7, etc. counting the pennies.
• At the end I introduced the quarter. We laid out 25 pennies, 5 nickels, and 2 dimes and a nickel.