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Description
Mind Map by Emily Nieman, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Emily Nieman
about 8 years ago
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Outdoor
Mathematical
Activities
- Shape and Measure
- Huggy Bears: Children are moving around a confined shape when
a practitioner shouts out huggy bears and a number (which means
the children need to get into a group of the number called out) the
practitioner will then call out a shape that the children need to
make out of their bodies in the most creative way possible.
- Making 2D and 3D shapes out of sticks, stones and
other natural resources found in the outside area.
- Who can find the biggest/longest/heaviest ____
then measure to see who’s right .
- Huggy Bears: Children are moving around a confined shape when
a practitioner shouts out huggy bears and a number (which means
the children need to get into a group of the number called out) the
practitioner will then call out a shape that the children need to
make out of their bodies in the most creative way possible.
- Space/Location (Spatial Awareness)
- playing Hide and Seek and when the counter
finds each child they need to state where they
are e.g. behind the tree, under the slide etc
- Physically walking through the book "We're Going
on a Bear Hunt" as the book uses terms such as
over, under and through as well as adding onto it
by telling the children okay the bear's got a poorly
leg so can't go over anything, find somewhere to
hide that's above/over the ground etc.
- playing Hide and Seek and when the counter
finds each child they need to state where they
are e.g. behind the tree, under the slide etc
- Problem Solving
- Parachute Fruit Salad Game. The practitioner calls
out a trait at least one child/adult in the setting
has e.g. blue eyes, they're wearing red wellies etc
and all the children with that trait has to run
under the parachute when it's raised into the air.
- There are two buckets a short distance apart. The aim of the “game”
is to fill up their empty bucket the quickest and most accurately
using different sized and shaped containers. They need to estimate
how many of a certain container they’ll need to fill the bucket
without overfilling it. Each “round” the container gets smaller/more
difficult to estimate and after the children have the hang of it they
need to start using several different types of containers whilst
estimating how much they’ll need of each.
- Parachute Fruit Salad Game. The practitioner calls
out a trait at least one child/adult in the setting
has e.g. blue eyes, they're wearing red wellies etc
and all the children with that trait has to run
under the parachute when it's raised into the air.
- Time
- Drawing giant clocks on the ground using chalk
with pictures that link to activities done at certain
times e.g 12pm children can draw their favourite
lunch time meal, at 8pm (or whenever their
individual bedtime is) they can draw a bed and
teddy bears to represent the time they go to sleep
- Planting a tree, flower or fruit/vegetable plant
outside and keeping track of how it changes
over the year by taking picture daily/weekly and
talking about the changes the children see each
day/week/month/season.
- Drawing giant clocks on the ground using chalk
with pictures that link to activities done at certain
times e.g 12pm children can draw their favourite
lunch time meal, at 8pm (or whenever their
individual bedtime is) they can draw a bed and
teddy bears to represent the time they go to sleep
- Number
- Treasure Hunt- counting steps to next clue, doing tasks in
correct order, sharing out “treasure” at the end
- Blind Maze- children are paired up, one is blindfolded whilst the
other will be guiding the first child. They need to count out the
steps the blindfolded child has to take to get from one obstacle
to another and use directions to guide them to avoid them
coming into contact with obstacles such as the sand tray etc.
- Treasure Hunt- counting steps to next clue, doing tasks in
correct order, sharing out “treasure” at the end
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