Counting buttons
Wentworth CE Junior and Infant School
Year 1 and 2 children (five- to seven-year-olds)
produced six matching buttons from clay after counting
the ones on the boy’s jacket in Molenaer's painting.
They followed the ceramic process of firing, glazing
and then firing again, helping them to understand that
materials change when treated in different ways. The
pupils then used their own buttons as counters in Maths
lessons.
Curriculum areas covered: Maths; Science;
Design Technology; Art and Design
Key skills: Numeracy; Information Processing
© Wentworth CE Junior and
Infant School. Photo: The National Gallery, London.
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NUMERACY
