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Another great game! This one comes from James Russo and Toby Russo.

HOW WE SET UP TODAY:
🎲 In groups of three
🎲 One 120-chart per group
🎲 3 counters of one colour per player

HOW WE PLAYED:
1️⃣ Each player chose and covered three Bingo numbers in with their coloured counters on the 120-chart. For today, we didn't limit students to number past 20.

2️⃣ Players took turns rolling the dice. On each roll, the group skip-counted by that number starting at zero.

3️⃣ Players stop counting when they encounter a counter i.e. a Bingo number. That counter is removed from the 120-chart and returned to its owner.

4️⃣ The winner is the first to claim back all three of their counters. The remaining two players can decide whether to draw second/last or whether to keep playing to place 2nd and 3rd/last.

WHAT WE NOTICED:
👀 Certain numbers have better Bingo odds than other numbers.

👀 We think we found a Bingo number that is divisible by all numbers on a 6-sided dice! Some of us are certain about this while others of us want to test it out...

👀 There will be lots of variations on this game!

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Day 7: Yesterday's maths opener (20 min) was spent exploring possibilities with countable objects including maths manipulatives.

Sometimes, it's a challenge to 'move out of the way and let them play'. But when we do, the results (student artefacts) are really worth it.

During each play session we (the teachers) look for maths that naturally emerges to see how these artefacts might help shape future lessons for this class.

So far we've noticed:

👀 A data representation made of colours rods.... 👀 A growing number pattern... 👀 Symmetry 👀 Arrays

Anything else?! We'd love your help spotting the maths. Genuinely interested in what you see.

NB:This session was Day 7 in a research project where we are exploring ways to reuinte maths with play in school...

#Maths #Play #MathsPlay

Hello! Alex📦 here :)

So yesterday was a VERY special day of maths play ✨ 🛼 🤩

I programmed a micro:bit with a number pattern I created. And now am a 'bit' obsessed.

I also began exploring a fascinating maths problem. If I go MIA this week, I am probably still down that rabbit hole.

All in all, a really positive, playful and powerful math learning experience. And so lovely to learn with and from others in the room.

Big thank you to new friend and colleague Gary Stager, Ph.D. for opening my eyes to many more #MathsPlay possibilities...

...To play forward words from another friend that feel true here: Coding IS play.

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Multiplication Fact Enlightment👀✨️🛼

We were over the moon to discover the mathematical beauty of multiplication from a Mathologer video.

Learn how to create multiplicative designs like this and so much more:  https://youtu.be/qhbuKbxJsk8

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