Mathematics Lesson Plan: Counting, Shapes, Time, and Patterns for Kids

This assignment presents a comprehensive lesson plan designed for early childhood mathematics education. It covers fundamental concepts such as counting, shapes, time, and patterns, providing a structured approach to teaching these topics. The lesson plan emphasizes the importance of hands-on activities, logical reasoning, and the use of various tools like clocks and money to enhance children's understanding. It also incorporates elements of statistics and probability to introduce these concepts in an age-appropriate manner. The plan highlights the significance of social interaction and the need to consider children's interests while teaching. The assignment also includes a list of relevant academic sources, providing a foundation for further research and understanding of effective teaching methodologies.

Theories of
Teaching and
Learning
concept of
Mathematics

Topics to be taught
• Introduction
• Counting
• Measure Up
• Getting around
• Patterning
• Seriating
• Classification
• Sequencing
• Symmetry
• Shapes
• Money
• Time
• Statistics and Probability
• Computers and
calculators
• Conclusion

Introduction to learning
Mathematics
• Math's concept needs to concrete and manipulative
• Consideration should be made prior to knowledge
• Social interaction is consideration to be an important
factor
• Interest of Children should be taken into
consideration.

Basics of
Counting
Numbers
• Repeat and
growing pattern
• Logical Reasoning
• Removing the
differences

How to
measure
??

Concept: Getting round
Task: Tick the
bird near to the
Home

Patterning
• Repeat and growing of
patterns
• Logical reasoning
• Eliminating the one which is
different

Seriating
• Relationship of size
• It should range from tall
to short

Classificati
on
• Sorting the numbers basis
their relationship
• Sorting the numbers basis
their pattern

Sequencing
Sequencing
the order of
pictures in
the story.

Symmetry
• Making use of folds
and color of lines of
Symmetry
• Making use of mirror
for drawing

Shapes
• The shapes of various
things like
• 2 and 3 dimension in
nature
• Identification of shapes