Maths Fun Day
Hello children I'm Jude, an author and storyteller. Here are my storytelling mascots Lamby and Flossie. Today is Maths Fun Day and we're going to be thinking making some maths resources, playing games and doing a bit of dancing.
9.30am Activity:
Making a Maths Resource
We're going to make some skittles using old cardboard tubes and felt tips. We're going to write numbers on one side and add colours to the other side.
Grown Ups:
Encourage your child to find the cardboard tubes, write the numbers and add the colours.
Use language such as number names, count, write, colour names.
Develops - Maths and Communication and Language skills.
Try - 1. Making skittles up to 6 2. Make skittles to ten and help your child to write the numbers, add colours. 3. Encourage your child to write the numbers and add colours independently.
10.30am Activity:
Skittles
Let's play skittles. Roll a ball and see how many you can knock down. Count how many you knock over and how many are still standing. See who knocks down the most when you play with family or friends.
Grown Ups:
Encourage your child to play skittles. Show them how to control the ball and roll it. Help them to count the skittles they knock over. Keep track of who knocks over the most each time.
Use language such as - count, number names, roll, aim, how many, strike.
Develops - Communication and Language, Physical and Maths skills.
Try -
1. Help your child to aim the ball and count the skittles they knock over.
2. Encourage your child to aim and then count the skittles they knock over. Ask them to re-set the skittles for the next player.
3. Let your child play the game independently then count (with help) the totals and decide who won.
1:30pm Activity:
Colour Skittles
Play the game using a ball. Knock over one skittle, turn it over and see how many points it has scored for you. At the end see who has the most points.
Grown Ups:
Encourage your child to play the game and see who scores the most.
Use vocabulary such as colour names, roll, aim, count, number names, the most.
Develops - Maths, Physical and Communication and Language skills.
Try -
1. Rolling the ball, naming the colour and recognising the number with help.
2. Rolling the ball, naming the colour, recognising the number independently.
3. Deciding who has scored the most and make up another game of their own.
2:30pm Activity:
Musical Shapes
Put on some music and have a dance. When the music stops can you make yourself into a shape?
Grown Ups:
Discuss and try the type of shapes your child could make when the music stops. Encourage your child to dance and make a shape when the music stops. Use language such as - dance, music, shapes, shape names,
Develops - Maths, Communication & Language, and Expressive Art skills.
Try - 1. 3 simple shapes 2. 5 simple shapes 3. Some 2D and 3 D shapes
If you've finished these and still have time for fun...
Make up your own day of maths activities using the skittles and other resources.
Story time:
The Three Little Pigs told by Jude Lennon
Snuggle up for this classic tale.
