Number Combinations

The SK students have been thinking about numbers in a different way this week. 

The Problem:
Grandma Sandy wants to knit gloves for her grandchildren. She has more than two grandchildren and she wants to make the gloves all different. But, she only has two colours of yarn (green and orange). How many different gloves can grandma knit?

Here are some of the combinations the children came up with:

Sorting, Sorting and More Sorting

The Children were encouraged to explore sorting and creating sorting rules at the Hands on Thinking Center during center time. 

M.T. and B.Y. went to the Hands on 

Thinking Center and sorted many different math manipulatives.

Ms. P: How are these objects alike?

Milica: Blue, red, orange. We put bears with squares.

Ms. P: What name could you give this group?

Bessin: We sort by colours.

Milica: We also did a good job!