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Welcome to Hunter Park Kindergarten's Blog.Hunter Parkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05455675810481753376noreply@blogger.comBlogger551125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957280526857587176.post-74693297435203093362017-04-19T16:32:00.002+12:002017-04-19T16:32:51.463+12:00counting on your fingerslots of different methods for counting on your fingers exist, some let you count to 9999 using two hands and others even work out square roots!<br />
The one I like to teach is knuckle counting where you count the knuckles of your four fingers using your thumb. Each finger has a value of three, and this is a number concept children in early childhood can easily add or subtract from. Number concept with 5 find most struggling until they are near 5. Because knuckle counting breaks things into threes rather than fives I feel it works better for this age group.<br />
Counting is a different skill to manipulating numbers, and most can learn to count to 12 quite easily, fortunately knuckle counting let's you do just that on only one hand.<br />
dividing 12 into 4 lots of three (4 fingers 3 knuckles each ) lays the ground work for multiplication.<br />
Once children can use their thumb to count it also helps develop manual dexterity for things like writing. (Finger games and finger rhymes are important to develop these skills too.)<br />
I like to count left to right (mauī ki matau) little finger towards index on the right hand, as that's the direction writing goes in. I possibly should count down the fingers for the same reason but filling up the fingers seems more natural and concrete, so I start at the base and move up the finger with my thumb.<br />
When children start to associate each joint with a numeral you can even try adding 1 or 2 or taking one or 2 away to get a new number. eg tip of the ring finger or six, back two equals base of the ring finger or four, but that's pretty advanced stuff.<br />
While the decimal system works well with ten digits, base twelve was widely used until around 60 years ago 12 pence in a shilling. We still use it for time 12 lots of five = 60 minutes, 12 hours, 12 inches in a foot and counting to 12 still let's you count to ten anyway.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01541943955172796732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957280526857587176.post-30568577013524401802016-07-06T16:05:00.000+12:002016-07-06T16:05:49.410+12:00pass the beetroot<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01541943955172796732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957280526857587176.post-24996685697979179002016-06-20T10:27:00.001+12:002016-06-24T16:40:43.379+12:00A video from our presentation at the LCN science conference.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We still won't be posting regularly but since we had to get permissions for the conference we included permission to blog this as well. :)<br />
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<br />Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01541943955172796732noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957280526857587176.post-8862845682368693032016-01-28T08:22:00.002+13:002016-01-28T08:22:20.562+13:00Last blog.This will probably be our last post for a while as we shift our communication energies to other media.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01541943955172796732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957280526857587176.post-30926558497783707082015-08-03T16:34:00.002+12:002015-08-03T16:34:43.517+12:00Peas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01541943955172796732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957280526857587176.post-3940986918723759132015-07-02T15:28:00.000+12:002015-07-02T15:29:43.265+12:00Newsletter term 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01541943955172796732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957280526857587176.post-74346754832733262632015-06-02T10:28:00.000+12:002015-06-02T10:28:35.942+12:00A quick trip on a Sunny Friday Afternoon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01541943955172796732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957280526857587176.post-67222497538957724072015-05-26T10:54:00.000+12:002015-05-26T10:54:38.776+12:00Lots of great food for lunches<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A snapshot of some of the healthy and yummy choices seen in one quiet days lunches.</div>
<br />Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01541943955172796732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957280526857587176.post-55621260853539000052015-05-06T10:03:00.001+12:002015-05-06T10:03:08.507+12:00The Hunter Park Duck Shooting Crew<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13514121472296203800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957280526857587176.post-37648452174929625272015-04-21T11:10:00.000+12:002015-04-21T11:10:02.236+12:00Butterfly walks.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01541943955172796732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957280526857587176.post-87152961414620624792015-03-31T10:00:00.000+13:002015-03-31T10:00:21.757+13:00Soap Boat -Holiday science<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just google soap boat for more if you run out of ideas.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01541943955172796732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957280526857587176.post-91781533093609880802015-03-13T16:14:00.000+13:002015-03-13T16:20:37.754+13:00More Triathlon snaps<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01541943955172796732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957280526857587176.post-834907386655827942015-03-09T16:54:00.000+13:002015-03-10T09:33:33.773+13:00Shrimp at the feeding station, crab shell<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01541943955172796732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957280526857587176.post-25683314727690137252015-03-09T16:05:00.000+13:002015-03-09T16:05:09.379+13:00 Triathlon day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our Triathlon was great fun with 3 different age group races. If you have pictures of your children you'd like to share please do bring them in to Kindergarten. A big thank you to our committee for all their effort and organistion and to the many kind sponsors and groups in our community who made it all possible.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01541943955172796732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957280526857587176.post-76577951199429603292015-03-09T15:58:00.001+13:002015-03-09T15:58:42.381+13:00Sea week Puppet show<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Kathy Lawson from Animated soundz came in to present her latest puppet show about creatures from the sea. We'l be sure ot keep our own sea puppets out so our performers can do their own shows.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01541943955172796732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957280526857587176.post-60360438634827443862015-03-09T15:55:00.000+13:002015-03-09T15:55:45.636+13:00Monarch Magnetic compasses<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We also have set up an information centre about the sea, have our sea creature puppets living in our dolls house and our fish and kite game (with woven flax rods and laminated fish photos- tamure, Hapuka etc) and set up alongside our fish posters.</div>
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Meanwhile our freshwater tropical's just keep Growing thanks to Emma's great care.</div>
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<a href="http://www.biotechlearn.org.nz/focus_stories/breeding_red_fleshed_apples/consumer_and_sensory_science_in_plant_breeding">http://www.biotechlearn.org.nz/focus_stories/breeding_red_fleshed_apples/consumer_and_sensory_science_in_plant_breeding</a><br />
<a href="http://www.biotechlearn.org.nz/focus_stories/breeding_red_fleshed_apples/breeding_a_new_apple_cultivar">http://www.biotechlearn.org.nz/focus_stories/breeding_red_fleshed_apples/breeding_a_new_apple_cultivar</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granny_Smith"> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granny_Smith</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Appleseed">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Appleseed</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT-2nlf9qgo">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT-2nlf9qgo -grafting apple trees.</a><br />
<a href="http://www.biotechlearn.org.nz/focus_stories/breeding_red_fleshed_apples/assessing_apple_attributes">http://www.biotechlearn.org.nz/focus_stories/breeding_red_fleshed_apples/assessing_apple_attributes </a><br />
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