Thursday 30th April Maths

Date: 30th Apr 2020 @ 7:55am

Good Morning Reception!

This week in our maths learning we have been looking at doubling and halving quantities. Many of you have emailed in pictures of yourselves trying very hard with these activities so well done! 

Today I would like you to have a go at these fluent-in-5 questions linked to this week’s learning!

Below I have listed ideas for some practical activities linked to doubling and halving that you can try at home:

Doubling with dominos: Provide sets of dominoes and ask the children to find the doubles. Show the children how to play dominoes and look at the doubles they make as they play

Play doubles using dice:  The children take turns to roll 2 dice and score a point each time they roll a double. The first to reach 3 points wins the game.

Pebbles/cube doubles: Sit opposite your child. Demonstrate setting out a quantity of small items such as pebbles or cubes. Ask the children to double it by making the same quantity. You can also try this by holding up your fingers and asking the children to match them to make a double.

Sharing with fruit: Show the children a bowl of strawberries/grapes etc. Explain that you are going to share them into 2 equal groups so that there will be half for you and half for them. Put a handful straight onto each plate without counting – make sure that one plate has much more pieces of fruit than the other. Ask the children if that is fair. Prompt them to show you how to share the strawberries fairly by splitting them in half.

Sharing items: They could share out cards or dominoes before playing a game. Prompt the children to notice that sometimes they can make equal groups, and sometimes they have items left over!

Have fun completing your practical tasks! Don’t forget to share your learning at receptionhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch! :)