PLAYING WITH NUMBER 20

“Play gives children a chance to practice what they are learning.” — Fred Rogers

As you know, we are the “20 Pack,” and we’ve been doing lots of fun activities related to this number. We discovered that half of 20 is 10, and we explored different ways to represent it.

We had a great time playing with cubes. Without looking, we had to pick twenty cubes and use them to create our own imaginative shapes. It was really fun and gave us the chance to practice counting in English and review colours. We even learned some new ones, such as brown, white, and purple.

We also practiced recognising quantities at a glance when Laura showed us strings of cubes — we had just five seconds to count them!All in all, these playful and engaging activities helped us listen to and talk about numbers and colours in a relaxed and enjoyable way. Moreover, because the vocabulary was naturally repeated and used in meaningful contexts, it supported a more natural and lasting acquisition of new words.