Counting with Nursery Rhymes
The Kindies have been learning that numbers are different from letters.
They are learning that you can count an object one at the time and in the correct sequence. You can point to an object with a finger and say the number . The Kindies know to use their " slow power" and not to rush when tapping an object once.
Learning to count objects by using one to one correspondence is lots of fun with nursery rhymes. We explored counting in the correct sequence to 5 with the help from the songs; " Five little Ducks", "Five Little Monkey's" , " Five Elephants Balancing" and " Once I caught a fish alive".
I 2 3 4 5 Once I caught a fish alive
Later in the day the children made their own fish tanks with five fish. Come in and see them hanging up.
Counting during our exploratory play.
The children counted five beads for the little ducks and one large bead for the Mother duck. They had to use their "slow power" when counting to help them not to rush. The Kindies are learning that the last number in the count represents how many in the set. When they reached the number five in sequence they could stop counting.
The children were chosen to come out to the front with the teacher to count their own Five little ducks one by one. Some children wanted to go to ten. What clever mathematicians we have in Kindy.
" Don't forget to move one at a time"
On Monday we read the Rainbow Fish.
The children hunted for the letters in their name and counted how many letters they had in their name using the rainbow counting stick.
" Who has the longest name"
" Who has the shortest name"
