In math we have been exploring the concept of doubles and what it means. We have used loose parts and mirrors, dominoes, games, and virtual dice on the iPads to help us understand the concept. We will be learning that knowing your doubles facts is a valuable strategy when trying to solve other addition  equations.

In other news,  a new round of Choosing centres with new themes has begun!

We have been...

 using blocks to recreate famous structures from around the world..

 reading stories about animals in winter and then using the sand table to tell our own stories of what animals do in winter...

using binary code to make beaded bracelets of our names...

making little models of penguins with plastercine...

making drums for Chinese New Year...

using recycled materials to make rockets...

creating self portraits at the construction table...

 and exploring the effects of light on materials, plus much, much more!