1, 2 Buckle my Shoe

Presentation from Furugrund

October 2007

About Furugrund

• Furugrund Preschool was opened on April 8th 1978. Initially the school had two (2) classrooms. On Agust 1988 a school expansion was taken into operation and now the school has four (4) classrooms; Dropasteinn and Mánasteinn for 3-6 year olds, Álfasteinn and Dvergasteinn for 1-3 year olds. Simultaneously the school can accommodate 80 children.

Inside Furugrund – 1 to 3 year old

Inside Furugrund – 3 to 5 year old

Child development program

• Learning through play– Play in all its variety is a key element in all child development programs.

• Learning to communicate– The ability to communicate is fundamental to living, working and playing

with others in peace and harmony.

• Learning by means of creative work and creative thinking – To sense, understand and create is a skill that children need to develop.

All preschool layout plans and equipment should be designed to stimulate children’s curiosity, initiative, involvement, interests, pleasure, and to strengthen their independence.

• Learning through preschool daily routines– Childcare development is an integrated program where, under different

circumstances, the child is learning all the time.

The Furugrund child development objectives

We aim to develop individuals who:

• are happy and self-confident• belief in themselves• are helpful and responsible

• respect themselves and others, despite differences in religious beliefs, life attitudes, race, ethnic origin, culture, and physical

abilities.

How we will participate in the project

• In many subjects children can practice mathematics, f. ex. jigsaw, block’s etc..

• Children often use mathematics during daily routines, f. ex. When laying dishes on tables, singing, reading, etc.

• Ones a week the oldest (5 years old) have a special workgroup, learning to work together, in big groups

• They learn about the phonological in the Icelandic language, mathematics and prepare for the next education level

1 one

2 two

3 three

We are…

ready to participate..

Math in Furugrund

The subject of October

• Enumeration - Counting, recognition of numbers, writing of numbers

Writing of numbers

• The children work with their own housenumbers

• Questions to answer?– What type of house do I live in?– What is my housenumber?– What is the colour of my house?

• Course:– Walk to their homes– Talk about the number of their house– Draw, cut and paste the house and write the housenumber on

piece of paper

The group on the way

This is my house !

My house is number

9

This is my house !

• My house is number

43• That’s higher then 9

This is my house !

• My house is number

70

• My house is an apartment building

This is my house !

• My house is number

17

• My house is a single family house

This is my house !

• My house is number

37

• My house is a two-storied terraced house

Talking about the houses

Drawing the houses

Writing down the housenumbers

Cutting it out

Pasteing the house on a piece of paper

This was Writing of numbers

in Furugrund

Math in Furugrund

Counting with the Bee-Bot

• A programmable floor robot for Early Years and Primary settings. The Bee-Bot is simple and children friendly. It is a perfect starting point for teaching control, directional language and programing to young children.

Subject:• Learning to counting, through play with the Bee-

Bot and use number line

What we do is?

• Throw out the cube

Where is three?

How do we move it ?

You need to push on the button

…and it goes to correct place

See the video too…..

Math in Furugrund

Counting with Raisins

Subject:• Learning to count, through play with raisins

What we need is:• Raisins and cube

..and then play..

I have four

Is it right?

.. then you can eat all the raisins

Umm!!They taste

good

next round..

You can have help from your friend

..and if you don’t like raisins you can use cheerios

That’s all you need, You should try this game…

Math in Furugrund

Counting in daily routines

• Subject – The children are going to lay dishes, cutlery and

glasses on the table’s• Questions to answer?

– How many children are going to have lunch to day?– How many dishes do you want to lay on the table?– How many knifes are needed?– How many forks are needed?– How many glasses are needed?

• Course– Four children have the role of waiters and they need

to figure out how many tableware they need.

Let us start…

1,2,3…..

4,5,6….

See how you should do it…

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