Maths, music and feathers!

This week-
Maths, music and feathers!

We played many board games today including memory practice and  matching opposites games. We took turns, and worked as part of a group and cooperated with each other. We had fun counting the cupcakes and counted to 33. 

In a musical activity, we played various versions of 'musical bumps'. These games were child led. The children listened to lively music and when it stopped, they practiced standing or balancing on  one leg, or 'freezing' like statues on the spot. Later we jumped and wiggled about with long feathers in our hands and to the sound of the music we did actions such as waving  them in the air, touching the ground or having giggles tickling each other playfully,etc.  The music was varied with loud drums, guitar solo's or singing voices. Lots of fun.

Later....We had a fun group time. We counted from 1-20 a few times and recited the days of the week. We counted how many days in the week. We looked at numbers and the date today.  The children enjoyed counting objects and some knew which number came next in the activity.
Repetition is how children learn. I get them to repeat what they have have heard to assess their learning.