Math Fun

So I got a copy of Miquion Math which I think is AWESOME.  Angel Girl is not quite ready to do any of the activities but I am starting to do some things to someday prepare her for it.  So this week we did Free Play with Cuisanaire Rods.

Basically she was given the rods to do what ever she wanted to.

So she made a house.  It was fun to watch how carefully she added rods.

When she was done I suggested making a train and modeled how to do it.

She created a train and had people riding it (the upright rods).
The goal of Free Play is to let her experience the rods and make casual observations.  Some of the things she did today was name the colors of the rods..."Mama I need the orange one" and compare orientation, in her train some are laying down and others are standing up. 
The goal is to do things with the C-rods every week and observe what she is noticing.