Maths on the beach.

To start the new section of maths, multiplication we set off to the beach. It was a beautiful warm winters day, perfect for some outdoor learning.

Before we started we allowed the children to have some free play. Kwandile had so much fun chasing the girls with a crab skeleton that he found!

The groups...

To start the grouping concept..we played a game where the children had to group themselves according to a number we called out. We then progressed to them making grouping sums with 'sandballs'. This physical manipulation is such a good way of helping the children to understand that multiplication is arranging objects into groups. 

                         

After a short snack break, we played a capacity relay. We got this wonderful idea off the internet and could not wait to try it out with our classes.

Each group was supplied with recycled items.
A sponge, a 200ml and 500ml juice container.
A 1 litre milk carton and a 5l oil container

The first person had to use the sponge to fill the
200ml juice carton.

               

                         

Once the carton was full, the next child had to use it to full the 500ml bottle. They had to report to us the number used to fill it up. Once we got the correct answer they could move to the filling the next one. The winners were the first group to fill each of their containers correctly.

The children soon realised that they had to be
very accurate, otherwise they could not move on!

waiting to have their 1 litre container filled.

Pour carefully.

Counting how many litres in 5 litres.

To finish our fun filled morning...a quick dip in the sea, no deeper than the knees!