making 5!

Ash class has been learning different ways to make 5. We did an activity where the children were creating ways to make 5 - They were creating gloves so Grandma Sandy could knit them for her grandchildren. They could only use 2 colours - blue and red (as that were her favourite colours). They did a great job and came up with many different ways for her to knit the gloves - 4 red fingers/1 blue finger, 4 blue fingers/ 1 red finger, 3 red fingers/2 blue fingers etc. Learning how to compose to the nuber 5 and 10 is integral and something you can do at home through play, just as we did in class. You can do it seamlessly through play or even while doing things like eating a snack where you can count......