Reflection 1:
Is Mathematics a can of worms?
I had a conversation with a colleague of mine, and I asked, why is it we do not place a lot of focus on Mathematics when we are working with the children?
The answer was plain and simple. None of us had any interest or positive experience relating to numbers and logical circumstances.
Perhaps, because of our lack of positive experience, we choose to stay away from this area.
After the first lesson, I thought that Mathematics was actually like
Kinder Surprise.
A delicious problem (If you are persistent enough to follow through!).
It may take some to figure out faster than others, but it is how you choose to perceive the "problem" and solve it to achieve your end goal.
At the end of the process, you have gained more than solving the problem and achieving the answer.
This was even clearer when I saw the Mathematics curriculum.
There is so much more than just computation to Mathematics and I think it would help if we could refer to it more often when we are planning for our activities and lessons.
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