Halves and Doubles

Half the class is 5 while half the class is already 6.
With today's birthday, 6 children are 6 years of age.
I asked the birthday girl how she knew she was six.
She answered, she knew because before she was 5
and now she was one year older.

Recently we have been learning about halves and doubles.
These were some of the number facts we revised:
3 is half of 6
6 is half of 12
6 is double 3
12 is double 6
It was nice to see the children identify an application 
for what they have learnt.

Nine o'clock for an 8:55 start

At nine o'clock, the hour hand is on the 9
and the minute hand is on the 12.

At 9 o'clock I seem to have only
9 children in the class instead of 12.
Please lets strive to be more punctual.

A weekend under the English flag in an Indian household

Ted at a Birthday party

Ted does like birthday parties...

and Football

Last but not Least

Cenas Infantis was the last workshop at
Casa da Música for Reception Bears.

As soon as we walked in the room we were asked to 
stamp, stamp, clap, pause (1234).
Once the children had picked up a good pace, 
a melody could be heard:
The six suits for unaccompanied cello - J.S.Bach.

The children were asked to create sounds, follow visual and aural instructions at the same time as clap, stamp, dance or play simple instruments. The musicians who guided us, helped us through sections of these pieces from the Baroque to Contemporary.
We worked both sides of the brain simultaneously.

This is a small sample of the end of the session:

Nearly half the class is six, roll on the other half

What a happy little 6 year old!

Ted does love birthday parties

Last weekend Ted went to a birthday party.