Today's Math Activity

Today we worked on estimating and representing. The children estimated and then counted how many dinosaur counters they could grab from a container. They represented the number on a sheet of paper containing a handprint. We then looked at the handprints to find out which represented the smallest number and which represented the largest number. Then they compared two handprints, figuring out which had more and thinking about how many more that handprint showed.

I also told the fairy tale "Seven at One Blow" to show how important it is to indicate the unit of measure you are using!