Sharon's Vignette: Counting and Number Writing
Calendar Counting and Number Writing
Early in the year, we count the numbers on the calendar each day,
sweeping an arm right to left to follow from one row to the
next. We also try to write the number in the air after I
model it on a white board or black board. My regular
reminder to the children is that all numerals start at the
top. Many children make reversals but I am more concerned at
this point that I start to help those children who are writing
numbers that start at the bottom and move upward. I also
want children to feel the number being written, so I use my finger
like a pencil and print the numeral about a foot high onto the
children's back's.
"That tickles!", says Rachelle.
"Do it again!", begs Robby.
We occasionally sit in a circle, and after I print a numeral on
one child's back, that child then prints it on the back of the
next until the number goes around the circle.
