In their own time
Working with Preps
Some time back, Johnny and I went to work in an Community School in WA. The goal was to make maths engaging and meaningful for both students and teachers.
We worked first with the young students, aged around 5 years. The photos show the students listening and watching the puppet trying to learn to count. The puppet missed out numbers in the counting sequence and the students called out stop when they heard or saw an error. The puppet, who is just learning to count missed an object now and then or counted the same object twice.
Soon it was time to teach this naughty puppet how to count properly.The teacher suggested some students, particularly some who appeared to be unable to touch count to 5, to come and teach the puppet. The children were totally engaged in trying to teach the puppet how to do it properly.
It was fascinating to watch the students totally focus on the job as they showed the puppet how to count to 13 and beyond correctly every time.
This raises important questions about why it is that some students do not appear to perform at their true level of competence, or why it is that they choose not to perform under certain circumstances.
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