Math is all around us and because young children are natural mathematical learners they are constantly investigating and learning. Children naturally count objects, look for patterns and shapes, make comparisons, and explore relationships within their environment. The activities at HO4K focus on children's natural curiosity and exploration. Often children initiate their own learning. Below students are counting out crackers into groups. This simple step towards division, helps students learn about equal groups as they distribute the same number of crackers to classmates.Of course we want everyone to have the same amount of goodies! This simple activity enables a student to expand their understanding of numbers and the distributive property. This activity is one that can be repeated throughout the day easily at home!
Another engaging learning opportunity for children is games. Here students are playing UNO. Besides the obvious social and emotional skills that students develop and mature through games, often math concepts are reinforced. With UNO students are working with numbers, patterns, relationships, counting, etc. Playing games at school and at home help children to think about strategies, compare and solve problems, work comfortably with numbers and have fun!
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