What We Did This Week

April 30th, 2024

Today, we introduced the spindle rods. This work helps our Stars practice number recognition and associating symbols with quantities. While working with the spindle rods, we also learned that zero is equivalent to nothing. The direct aims of working with spindle rods are learning that numbers apply to sets of units, introducing zero, and associating the quantities and numeric symbols of 0-9. The indirect aims of working with spindle rods are deepening the sensorial experience of sequence quantities, seeing the position of zero in the sequence of quantities and symbols, and introducing principles of the decimal system.