Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Math in the Blocks Center

This week I'll be posting links from the blog archive about blocks and the blocks center.

We can use the blocks center as a place to practice and develop math and counting skills. Here are a couple of activities that we did that reinforced math concepts.

How Many Blocks Long? - Kids used the blocks as unstandard measures to see how long/tall they were.


Counters - My stash of lids found their way in the classroom again this past week. I placed them in a center to be counters - along with some cube blocks, counting chips, and "jewels" from an old board game. (Of course, the kids created a structure instead.)