testing out a new educational board game
and finding different places around the globe
Long Multiplication with the Checker Board
Long Division with the Racks & Tubes
the youngest children are working on Place Value
last week we went up to 500 with The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
today we go to the thousands in place value with Redwoods by Jason Chin
Place Value & Redwood Trees blog post for more details...
the color coding of digits in Montessori
a picture of a car driving through a redwood tree!
decorating lanterns for our Lantern Walk
Lantern Making and Martinmas blog post for more details...
we continue with Place Value with the 45 Layout
we look more closely at the number 1000
10 golden beads wired together into a 10-bar
ten 10-bars wired together into a 100-square
ten 100-squares wired together into a 1000-cube
counting by 1s up to 9
counting by 10s up to 90
counting by 100s up to 900
counting by 1000s up to 9000
we practice > and < with The Autumn Calf by Jill Haukos
the little bison calf needs to be 200 pounds to survive the fierce winter
does it weigh more or less than 200 pounds?
we also play the Crocodile Game with 74 and 47
which is bigger?
the Dice Game is another favorite way to practice place value
Instructions for the Dice Game blog post for more details...
this game is wonderful for learning how to read, and compare, very large numbers!
next in Place Value, we explore Infinity Street
I have houses up to the Sextillion Family
and slips of paper for the names up to the Novemdecillion Family
we end this week by reading A Million Dots by Andrew Clements
a birthday celebration
this is their favorite kind of imaginative play at Recess
wooden animals, play kitchen foods, dollhouse furniture, and the Caravan
we have a wonderful Special Guest, Angela Davis, Superintendent of the Southeast Wastewater Treatment Plant for Carbondale
since November is a Math block for everyone, I ask her to especially focus on Math in her presentation
at Forest School on Friday, lessons with Miss Destinee in Firestarting
(and s'mores!)
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