Mathematics

Mathematics Focus Areas in Kindergarten

 Please find below some key terms you will come across in your child’s education:

 ·       Representing whole numbers - how whole numbers show quantity and reading and representing numerals to at least 20.

·       Combining and separating quantities – adding and subtracting number pairs which make 10.

·       Forming groups - forming groups through sharing and counting objects, and making and continuing patterns which repeat.

·       Geometric measure - positions and directions, and measuring length.

·       Two-dimensional spatial structure - recognising, representing and describing common two-dimensional shapes, and describing and comparing area.

·       Three-dimensional spatial structure - recognising, representing and describing common three-dimensional shapes, and describing and comparing volume.

·       Non-spatial measures - describing and comparing the masses of objects, and sequencing events and reading the hour time on clocks.

·       Data - collecting data and making meaning from a data display.

Counting Songs