Abacus helps us count the Omer!

This week we learned about  'Sefiras Haomer' (the counting of the Omer- click here to find out more)

Every day since Pesach, we are counting our way up the "Har Sinai" mountain, where Hashem gave us the Torah. When we reach 49 we will celebrate the holiday of Shavous!

We made an abacus to help the children develop their math skills while at the same time understanding and performing the mitzvah of the counting of the Omer!

To understand the concept of counting towards the holiday of Shavous, we role played with a puppet who was very excited for her birthday and counted each day that passed!

We sharpened the children's Math skills with all sorts of activities this week! There are many different ways children learn. By offering a variety of centers each morning it was a great chance for each child to learn about numbers through an activity they were attracted to.

Sticky math
The children had to try to create numbers out of yarn on the adhesive side of contact paper!

 Sensory and Math

Levi working hard to make a 1 out of his play dough.

This center  invited the children to try to replicate a number they see on their chalk board.

 Dovis interpretation was to trace the number 2 card! We love watching how their minds think and let them discover on their own.

Legos and math!

Our class loves lego! What better way to combine the two! On each piece there were either different number dots or numbers which they had to try to place in order! This required a lot of skill.

Levi Yitzchak self correcting himself by counting the dots and making sure it was in the right order.

Solving math problems at preschool!!

With a number dice each child had a turn to roll two different numbers. Morah Rachel drew it on a little board for them to figure out what the addition of both equals to!!

They felt so good coming up with the answer!

One on one math activities.
We love when we get to have a child's individual attention and get to bond even more! Morah Rachel and Shua solving math problems using different cut out pictures.

The children were starting to notice numbers everywhere!
Dovi counting out his cars, Levi and Aron counting the boxes.

Sefiras Haomer abacus project
Each child created their own mini version of our classroom bulletin board- to keep and continue the learning at home. Using fine motor and math skills the children had to count out ten beads on each row. They are excited to use this for counting at home!!

(Notice the top row includes the 50th bead since each row has 10. We colored it a shiny gold to remind them that bead represents the holiday of Shavous since we only count till 49!)

Using our listening skills

 

Math coloring in fresh air!

 Friends.