Wednesday
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Today we are going to learning about conservation which means - that a number stays the same even when objects are rearranged or spaced differently.
Lets have a look at these pictures and count how many.
What do you notice about the bears?
Are they in the same order?
Now lets sit in a circle and use our counting blocks to help us learn more.
The Number Doesn't Change”
The children to count out 5 blocks.
- Count them together.
- Make a line.
- Rearrange them into a circle.
- Spread them out.
- Put them into a pile.
- Count each arrangement.
The key question throughout is:
“Did the number change, or did the objects just move?”
Cross the river with oral blending
Stand up/sit down with initial phonemes