Logic Blocks

Motivation is fuel for the mind! I really enjoyed the way this lesson was conducted. First, this beautiful song (Kamien z napisen Love, by Enej) to cheer students up:

Here you can see some pictures of the students and their teacher dancing while listening to the song :

Then, we moved to maths in a very good mood. If you look at pictures, you can easily deduce the idea they are working on: classifying blocks according to their shape and colour using a grid.

Symmetry (using LEGO MORE TO MATH and mirrors)

Wonderful lesson and woderful way so that children get the idea and work on symmetry. 

First, the teacher introduces the concept.

When students get the concept, they start working on producing symmetric patterns. They build whatever they like to, using LEGO MORE TO MATH. 

Then, with the help of a mirror, they check what they have to build so that bouth constructions are symmetric:

Multiplying like a Japanese engineer!

On this occasion I have conducted a maths lesson. First, we watched a video where it is shown a very visual method to multiply. According to You Tube, that is the method used by Japanese engineers. 

Children really liked it and kept asking for more multiplications, as they really enjoyed drawing the lines, counting the intersections....

You can see they were fully engaged: