TASK 6:Mathematical resources in the Classroom

Discuss possibilities for implementing activities using these resources with your peer

List of resources that target specific mathematical skills and concepts in the school

Mathematical Resources found in the preschool classroom:	Mathematics Skill / Concept that can be developed with it.	Exploring on possible activities to develop mathematical skills and concepts using these materials
Pattern Blocks	- Helps them to improve their skills in counting. - Improving the skill of the students' imagination (construction, the formation of designs). - Teach geometric shapes (square, rhombus, trapezoidal, thin rhombus, triangle, hexagon). - Teach them the kinds of colors ( square orange, hexagon yellow, triangle Green, designated Blue, trapezoidal red, thin rhombus beige).	The teacher gives them printed pictures, for example, plane or train, and the students should put correct geometric shapes to form the desired shape, and helps them to knowledge new words, like ( train, plane,etc.) and the names of geometric shapes.
Lakeshore	-Teach them the numbers and how to write them (It is a wooden piece carved by the numbers and put inside a small iron ball and covered with a plastic  also its has magnet pen that the student can move the small ball to learn how to write a number). - Helps them to improve their skills in counting ( Move the small balls to into the numbers holes and put the balls according to the number ).	-The teacher gives each student  a Lakeshore board, a small white board, and pen after the student practiced at the number, he/she start to write it on the whiteboard on the same pattern and then they learn how to write the number. -After the students are practiced the counting the teacher giving them papers of figures 1-10 and star stickers and the  students begins counting and put stars according to  the number.
Cubes	- Helps them to improve their skills in counting. - Improving the skill of the students' imagination (construction, the formation of designs). - Teach them the kinds of colors ( orange, yellow, light green,  dark green, Blue, red, white, brown, etc). -Teaching them pattern colors (red, green, blue, white, red, green, blue, white, etc.).	- Give the students a numbers paper and they should connect the pieces together according to the number - Tell the students to a formation of the things they want and they will begin selecting colors and get to know them. - Give students a colored paper with four different colors in duplicate patterns, and ask them to repeat the pattern with cubes.
Numbers bean bags	- Helps them to improve their skills in counting. -Teach them the numbers and how to write them.	- Give the student numbers paper and they have to arrange numbers bean bags on the same arrange  and read the numbers.