Kindergarten, Math, Week 10

Monday we made Patterns.

• See Math, Week 7, Wednesday
• I made some patterns that were more difficult, like
• 1 turkey, 2 pies, 3 pumpkins, 4 hats; what comes next? 5 of some item
• 1 pie, 2 hats, 1 pie, 2 pumpkins, 1 pie, 2 turkeys; what comes next? 1 pie, 2 of some item

Tuesday we played with Size Words.

• See Math, Week 7, Friday

• The egg needed something smaller; the yellow man needed something longer; the nurse needed something larger, the hat box needed something shorter: the clown

Wednesday we wrote Numbers.

• See Math, Week 8, Friday
• Now that K. has learned to write numbers 0 - 7, she could write lots of different numbers, and since we had done it before, I didn't need to suggest numbers.

Thursday we Measured with a Cup.

• We worked at the kitchen sink.
• I got out the 1/4, 1/3, 1/2, and 1 cup dry measuring cups and 4 or 5 containers of various sizes.
• First, I gave the the 1 cup measuring cup and showed her one of the containers. I asked her how many cups she thought it would hold. Then, using water, I let her fill the container and see if she was right. We went through all the containers this way.
• Next, I showed her the 1/4 cup and asked her how many of them it would take to fill the 1 cup measuring cup. Then I let her see if she was right. We did the 1/3 and 1/2 cup the same way.
• Last, I told her that these measuring cups aren't really for measuring liquid, but are for dry things like oatmeal and flour and sugar. Then I got out the oatmeal and dumped some in a bowl. I showed her the proper way to measure dry ingredients (leveling off with a knife) and let her practice until she was through.

Friday we measured Length and Height.

• We have a 4 foot ruler that we used.
• We went around the house measuring things (including her -- 45").
• I talked about the difference between length and height and she got pretty good at measuring the correct thing.