Math

Our goal is to help students enjoy and appreciate numbers as they develop confidence and fluency in approaching math problems. We encourage students to take time exploring problems in depth, searching for multiple solutions, and articulating their thought processes. We weave math into our theme studies and use fun, hands-on activities to engage children in everyday number usage instead of rote memorization.

• Cataloguing different aspects of the school: Working in pairs, children count the number of chairs in a classroom, doors in the hallway, windows in the gym, and so on, then sort data using objects, pictures, numbers, and graphs. • Measuring items and objects, such as a bridge over the Charles River, using nonstandard units. Children also sort and classify objects by various properties. • Investigating geometry using pattern blocks to design images related to our theme, and to discover how different shapes relate to each other.