Pairs of Legs Maths with Whaea Diane

Today Whaea Diane came into our class again.  We got to complete activities based around pairs of legs.  We learned that pairs were groups of 2.  We talked about how we have a pair of legs and that means we have 2 legs.  We talked about how if there were 2 pairs of shoes then that would be 4 shoes... And LOTS of other things too.  

Then we worked on some animal pictures.  We had to answer 4 questions.  How many animals were there? How many pairs of legs were there? and How many legs were there altogether.  We didn't get to answer all of the questions but we did discover that we could group our cards in a way that would help us work out how many pairs of legs there were altogether.  

This made us realize how important the number 5 is and how learning not only to count to 5 and back from 5 but also our basic facts to 5 is so important.