A relaxed session and I think I need to remember to relax things from time to time and leave kids doing the exploring.
The number art was a good start and got them not only thinking about how numbers are written but practical things to do with how to put the pieces together, how to create a curve on a hexagonal or square grid or what colours can go next to each other.
We spent a good deal of the session doing this and I wonder if we needed so much time for it, but it was beneficial. I think the best part of the activity was getting them to change things about the one I had done. That produced some real exploration and discovery. We found that the 7 became harder to see.
The next game was an intro to bridging to 10. It worked well except for T throwing a strop mid way and inexplicably. Other than that it was fun, got them solving problems around what they would need to add to get to the next 10. To make it faster, I should give them 3 dice to throw. I will try starting with that version in the next session.
The number art was a good start and got them not only thinking about how numbers are written but practical things to do with how to put the pieces together, how to create a curve on a hexagonal or square grid or what colours can go next to each other. 
We spent a good deal of the session doing this and I wonder if we needed so much time for it, but it was beneficial. I think the best part of the activity was getting them to change things about the one I had done. That produced some real exploration and discovery. We found that the 7 became harder to see.
The next game was an intro to bridging to 10. It worked well except for T throwing a strop mid way and inexplicably. Other than that it was fun, got them solving problems around what they would need to add to get to the next 10. To make it faster, I should give them 3 dice to throw. I will try starting with that version in the next session.
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