Guest Posted January 2, 2009 Posted January 2, 2009 Hello! It's great to read of interest in emergent writing in some of the discussions here! Perhaps some people have begun to explore children's mathematical graphics (mathematical mark-making) in their setting or class? What's your experience? Maybe you have some questions arising from our articles published on the website?
Cait Posted January 2, 2009 Posted January 2, 2009 I had some children throwing 'snowballs' into a bucket before christmas and they got the pencils and clipboards and strted making a tally chart, which he showed at plenary. Fantastic. I showed it to a Mum and she just went 'oh' (Hmm)
Guest Posted January 2, 2009 Posted January 2, 2009 Hi Cait, we do a maths workshop for parents to explain early maths and how parents can encourage their children in fun ways. It is very popular and opens parents eyes to how maths is used in everyday situations.
Marion Posted January 2, 2009 Posted January 2, 2009 It's great to read of interest in emergent writing in some of the discussions here! Perhaps some people have begun to explore children's mathematical graphics (mathematical mark-making) in their setting or class? What's your experience? Maybe you have some questions arising from our articles published on the website? I read the Carruthers & Worthington book last year and found it really interesting it certainly made me think about the value I placed on "mathematical mark making". I gave each child a jotter and found lots of children liked to write "their number" (usually their age so lots of 4s but sometimes house numbers) over and over. An example from this year was in our role play cafe two girls covered a page of the calendar with crosses which they told me was how many customers they had served
Guest Posted January 2, 2009 Posted January 2, 2009 Our children were busy before Christmas with clip boards taking a register.Provided them with squared paper.One 'tick' mark in each square in response to each positive answer to 'Good morning XXX ...'. We always do a total in class for here/away/'we should have' so marks were made on their tallies.
HappyMaz Posted January 2, 2009 Posted January 2, 2009 Welcome to the Forum, Maulfry Its great to have you (and your expertise! ) on the Forum and I will read this thread with interest. In the meantime, I shall print off your articles to read off-screen! Maz
Guest Posted January 3, 2009 Posted January 3, 2009 I read the Carruthers & Worthington book last year and found it really interesting it certainly made me think about the value I placed on "mathematical mark making". I gave each child a jotter and found lots of children liked to write "their number" (usually their age so lots of 4s but sometimes house numbers) over and over. An example from this year was in our role play cafe two girls covered a page of the calendar with crosses which they told me was how many customers they had served Hi Marion and everyone - what lovely examples! Blank paper works like magic for children to explore their ideas - especially when they have adults who are as interested in their graphics as those of you here! Thanks Maz for your welcome! Wishing everyone a Happy New Year!
Helen Posted January 5, 2009 Posted January 5, 2009 Hi Maulfry, Many thanks for posting, and a warm welcome to the forum What a good idea to ask for examples from our members! This could turn out to be a very long, extremely interesting thread
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