Snap, sorry Carlo I was a bit too quick for you. Oh hi everybody welcome back,
Carlo and I have been really busy playing a card game, did you notice I just won that pile of cards
because I noticed there was a pair of twos that were laid down on top. So,
sorry Carlo I beat you to that one, have you ever played snap at home before? Cards are a really
good way of knowing how to read and understand numbers we might pop those there for later Carlo.
You had a task yesterday at your house can you remember what that was, it was to search around
the house and see how many pairs you could find. We gave you a bit of a clue yesterday
on your body there's a pair of hands so that's a really good place to start I wonder if you
searched your wardrobe like we suggested in your drawers maybe you found a pair of socks. There
I wonder what else you found around the house and I'm really interested in the way you recorded it.
Did you draw your findings in your book or did you take a digital image like we've been doing
with Carlo did you use a bird's eye view was that the best way of demonstrating a pair of something
or did you take a side view? Well done to everybody who managed to do that home task,
Carlo said it's really important today that we begin the lesson
by checking the communication book so let's have a look I wonder who the note is from today?
Oh Carlo's got a few things in his bag today this communication book
it's got two other books we'll check them out afterwards
hmm yesterday was day eight
so today must be day nine. Well done there's no note to me, it's just to you again,
it says dear children we've been playing cards at our house,
card games are a great way to learn about and to understand number. Do you know Carlo's favourite
game is snap do you know how to play that game the tricky part about snap is you just
don't know what card is coming next so you need to watch very closely.
Carlo says he's going to give you a really tricky task today,
not another tricky task Carlo. Carlo says what he wants you to do is help him to create a random zoo
a zoo where people can use their knowledge
and this is an interesting word and their imaginations.
Look at the materials he's brought along today,
good luck I don't know how we're going to create a zoo
using those items all right let's see what you've got in here for us today Carlo. Some stones,
some feathers, some very small plastic cups
and a container of pegs. I've never seen a zoo with pegs in it before okay this is
a tricky task and actually today Carlo I think the children are going to need my help as well.
Remember Carlos said he wanted a random zoo all the other zoos we've had have had no more than
five creatures exactly five creatures in it or the last zoo we made just had Australian animals in it
I think we can use the cards and I think we can use these items and maybe our imagination
to create a new zoo using these four enclosures. I think I've got an idea Carlo
I'll take the lids off first of all so we've got pegs small cups
very light feathers
and very heavy stones. All right
what do you think of this Carlo I might shuffle the cards first of all
I'm going to turn a card up we don't know what it is it could be any random number
I'll show you first of all
that tells us how many creatures to put in the first enclosure. The good part about
cards is there's two ways of us knowing it has three symbols on the front in the middle
also has the numeral if you're really good at reading the number three
you know exactly how many creatures we're going to put in the first enclosure but
I'm not sure how this is going to look like a zoo.
Let's go with the feathers first of all, you help me count one
two three
okay
let's turn the card up again I might repeat this time this is an easy one have a little Carlo
The next enclosure has just two creatures in it
I know the number two really well and if I don't I can quickly count that quantity.
I'm going to put that in the green enclosure which ones now let's try this pebbles shall we? One
two, okay, next number Carlo we might shuffle those cards around again
the next number's a big number
do you recognize it? That's right it's one more than five it's the next number after
five it's the number six we might put that
on the front enclosure and maybe we'll use the pegs this time can you help me count
one two
the last one six. Okay one more enclosure to go let's turn the card up and see which number we get
oh
have a look what Carlo turned up your very favourite number we're so good at subitising
we should know straight away by looking at that card exactly what number it is. You are right
the number five let's pop that on the blue enclosure and we've only got one item left
can you help me count one
two three
four five okay this doesn't look very much like a zoo to me I think I need to go back
Carlo and have a look at your dad's note. He says you need to create a random zoo
where people can use their knowledge and imagination, okay Carlo
I think I need your help to have a think what creature has feathers, it could be a
owl or it could be a
emu or it could be a
you're right or it could be a chicken.
When we get to this enclosure it can be anything we want it to be let's go on to the next enclosure
these are interesting items they're small and they're round and they're smooth
and they're quite close to the ground Carlo knows a lot more about creatures than what I do
what creature could we imagine this to be Carlo?
It could be a wombat.
It could be an armadillo enclosure only two creatures in there oh this is a really
tricky one and you know what I was thinking Carlo we could leave these pegs laying flat
or we could do something a little bit different and we could connect them
to create our own creatures or we could snap them. What creature does that look like?
You're right it looks like a crocodile. For today let's imagine we have six crocodiles
in our enclosure and the very last one is your magic number Carlo is the magic number five?
And in here we need to use our imaginations
today and our knowledge because we're wondering about what creature has a shell I'm thinking
of an insect we're wondering what creature has a shell I'm thinking really hard Carlo
you're right it could be a tortoise enclosure or it could be a turtle enclosure.
I think this is the most surprising zoo I've ever been to, do you know today Carlo we're not going
to take any photos of this zoo and we're not going to try and make a map because every time we turn
that card up we get a different number so this zoo could change all the time depending on the
materials we use and the card we turn up. You know what we could call this zoo Carlo we could call it
an ever-changing zoo you can use your imagination to create any animal you like I kind of like the
idea of loose parts and cards as a way of creating a zoo thanks for that wonderful idea Carlo.
Whilst Carlo is busy packing up his things I want you to think about your home task because when we
finish our lesson today I'd like you to have a look around your home and see if you can find
a pack of cards if there's no one free to play snap with you like Carlo and I were doing
then what you could do is your own matching game. I'm going to pull a card out you know
what that number is the number four and I'm going to look through my cards and see if I can find
another number four and put it on that pile find Carlo's special number number five and I'm
going to look through my cards and see if I can find another number five to put on top of that.
When you go through your pack of cards today I wonder how many cards you can match
and I wonder how many piles of cards you might have? You might tell us more about that tomorrow.
What's that Carlo
that's right I forgot to check his bag,
he bought along one of his favourite story books to share with you today. We haven't
got much time Carlo but let's see if we can at least get up to Carlo's magic number the number
five. This story is called one to twenty animals aplenty
one to twenty animals are plenty one fox in a pair of socks two fingers a pair of socks
two gorillas looking in mirrors do you know what number's coming up next
you're right number three three llamas wearing pyjamas
what numbers next did you say number four, four sharks are on their marks one two three four
and the page we're finishing on today is five five goats
wearing coats help me count them one two three four five.
Carlo and I might finish this book off, thank you so much for helping us today.
Don't forget your take home task find a pack of cards match those cards and if you can find
someone to play a game of snap with you thank you so much for helping again today don't forget it's
really important to use your imagination. We look forward to seeing you tomorrow say bye Carlo bye