School diaries: the multiplication caterpillars 🐛

I told you about a new Art project I wanted to work on with my second graders. Since it's my last week at school and my maternity leave begins on Monday, I wanted to leave them with something useful they could have all year long and use it during Maths class. I needed something easy, something that didn't require a lot of materials or skills, something fun and educational at the same time.

And the idea came...

CATERPILLARS

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Cute, colorful caterpillars to help kids revise and learn multiplication. The process was easy, I downloaded the image of an apple, enlarged it and wrote the basics inside. Then, I found one caterpillar image to download, I used Paint to add a few more circles and I enlarged it so as two could fit an A3 sheet of paper. I cut them out and gave them to the children to color and write the numbers from 1 to 10 on the small circles.

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Once done, it was my turn to write the multiplications on the big circles and hang them on the classroom wall in the right order. I could have left the kids do all the writing, but they are still learning how to multiply and make a lot of mistakes, so I saved us from the unnecessary drama 😅😅

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What do you think of our Caterpillar Gang? Personally, I love their bright colors, even though some would say they make it hard for kids to concentrate and learn. But oh well, it's a class of eight-year-olds we love anything colorful in here!


Original content by @ruth-girl - All images taken by @ruth-girl with smartphone Moto G22 - All rights reserved

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