What? Why? How?
What are the 2 innate math skills children are born with?
Comparing quantities
Matching shapes and positions
What steps should a teacher follow when playing Find and Move
1. Introduction
2. I Do
3. We Do
4. You Do
How many decks are there in Find and Move game?
8 main deck cards
Explain how will teacher make children play 'You Do' step in her class?
Teacher will divide students into groups of 4, give them student board, main decks and crayons. Teacher will give instructions on how to play the game, then let them play. She will do a spot check for any one or two groups.
Children are born with some innate skills (ಸಹಜ ಕೌಶಲ್ಯ) like comparing and matching (i.e., Pre-Math Skills) which are enhanced when the children play Math Games. Math Games helps build Math Skills using Pre-Math Skills as the foundation.
What math skills are developed when children play 'Find and Move'?
- One to One correspondence
- Addition
- Identifying numbers
What resources will a teacher use in Find and Move?
Teacher Board
Student Board
Practice Cards
Main Deck Cards
Color pencils
Explain how teacher will make children play 'We Do' step?
She will call a student, ask the student to count the dots in black - this is the find part of the game.
Tell the student to mark it on the teacher board.
Then the teacher will tell the student to count / identify the numbers / dots in pink - this is the move part of the game.
She will tell the student to 'move' that many places on the board and mark the second number on the teacher board.
What are the 2 kinds of formal math skills (ಔಪಚಾರಿಕ ಕೌಶಲ್ಯಗಳು) that children develop by playing Every Child Counts Math Games? Connect the games to these skills.
Numeric skills - Find and Move & Number comparison
Geometric skills - Find Shape & Reading Maps
Do the children need to know numbers and names of shapes before they start playing Math Games? Why?
Not at the start of the game. Because they can compare quantities without knowing numbers, and compare and match shapes without knowing the exact names.
What is the difference between resources of Find and Move and Number Comparison?
Main deck cards - In NC, only difficulty level increases, but in FM first few decks are only 'Find' and rest are 'Find and Move' cards
There is a teacher board and student board in FM, not in NC
Missing numbers in teacher board in deck 8
Explain how the teacher will do 'Introduction' and 'I Do' steps in her class
Introduction - using teacher board and practice card of that set of decks
I Do - Demo of I Do steps