Math Tub Exploration

During the month of September, the children have engaged in exploring our math tub manipulatives.

Allowing children the freedom to play with these materials as they wish gives us a great deal of information on where the children are functioning with early math skills.

The children have been sorting by shape, size, and color attributes. They have also engaged in extending patterns, and lining up and counting the manipulatives both vertically and horizontally. Exploring math tubs is really fun!

We are also very fascinated with beginning to collect some loose parts during lunch. Kennedy asked if we could save her fruit pouch tops. 

Well, the enthusiasm spread to first grade due to her big sister and now the entire first floor lunch period is saving tops for us. They even pop in during morning snack time with tops for us that we actually put a collection basket near our door. Collaboration at its finest:) Can't wait to see what the children will do with these once we have a nice amount.

Other collections have started to come in as well. 

Thanks to all for joining in the fun!