Math Stations!

Ariel and I try to integrate Math as much as possible with our current Unit of Inquiry. We create Math Investigation booklets as well as bilingual work booklets. As our UOI is all about organization, we have been tuning into how numbers help keep us organized. We spent the first few weeks pre-assessing and reviewing and have now started some of our Math Stations. The Primary Department just purchased buckets of coloured manipulatives and I was lucky enough to be the first to snag them (they haven't even been officially checked into the library, shhhh!), and created some quick math stations to reinforce skip counting and sorting.  My little monkeys are LOVING the stations and the manipulatives are just so cute! Manipulatives are hard to find in Taiwan (despite the fact that EVERYTHING seems to be made here), so I'm super happy that our Director found these! We usually have to order everything from North America and due to budget and shipping costs, we have limited math resources.

Counting Station - Counting by 2's, 5's or 10's. Students choose a way to count and then draw how they counted their objects.  

Sorting Station - Students choose a way to sort and then draw how they sorted their sea creatures. This student sorted by topic. 

Sorting Station - Students choose a way to sort and then draw how they sorted their sea creatures. This student sorted by colour.  Aren't these manipulatives adorable!