Using this knowledge, some students may generalize and predict that a string of six cubes can be built in seven different ways. Building a string of five cubes by using only two colors Mathematics is embedded in many activities that young students do throughout the day. For example, in physical education class, children may count the number of times they can jump rope successfully. They may measure and compare the amount of time the members of a team take to sprint from one end of the gym to the other. Concepts involving geometric shapes are reinforced as children form a circle to play a game, take their places around the outer edge of a parachute, or assume their positions to play a game on the field.
Students explore symmetry in art class as they make hearts by folding and cutting paper.
They classify leaves collected on a nature walk in science lessons. In music, they sing songs rich in patterns. They realized that her clapping matched the names of several students. When the class began to try to determine which students had the same number of claps in their names, the teacher drew the chart shown in figure 4.32 on the board. She added students' names as the class identified the number of beats in a name.