July 14
The last two weeks we have been focusing on NUMBERS. As I talked about in a previous post, I noticed a real need for the preschool age kids to recognize numbers when I was playing shoots and ladders with Alex. We continued to notice this need across the board with all the kids, so we decided to implicate a new number learning system. We have the preschool age kids everyday for an hour after lunch and introduced our new plan. The first day was a basic introduction and a day to get a general feel for what level the kids were at. The kids were at pretty different levels, so we decided that each one of the five volunteers could take a group. The next day we started with the number one. We cut out large number ones for the kids to color, talked about the number, and talked about shapes it reminded them of. We came up with object it ultimately reminded them of and used this as our memory trigger. For example, the number 1 is a palito (stick), 2 is a patito (duck), and 3 is a mariposa (butterfly). We then split up into our smaller group and practiced recognizing the number we learned for the day in a group of larger number. We did this by using flash cards or for the more active learners, giant numbers they had to run to. This has happened everyday for the last two weeks either learning a new number, or lots of days reviewing and practicing the numbers we have already learned. It’s so exciting to see the kids mastering the number and placing a sticker on the chart we made to track their progress.
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