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Posted by Transmute Jun on 01-10-2007 at 20:01:
What Kindergarteners Have Learned
I picked up my son from school and we were working on his homework. He had a sheet on which he had to practice drawing the number 5. The teacher has a little rhyme for each number, to help the kids remember how to draw it.
The rhyme for 5 is, 'The number 5 has a hat that's funny, then a neck and a big fat tummy!'.
So my son says, "Ryu is number 5! He has a funny hat and a big fat tummy!" 
I'm a proud Mommy today. 
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Posted by clouddancer on 01-10-2007 at 20:56:
I like it TJ.
I will have to remember to use it for my children who are making backwards 5's.
BTW I also used your "e" story "draw a table top and then around". I think it helped.
Ask you son what the other number rhymes are. Has he learned something for 6 and 3 yet?
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Posted by Firebird on 01-10-2007 at 21:06:
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That is just so cute!
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Posted by Transmute Jun on 01-10-2007 at 21:38:
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Yep, these are the rhymes:
1 Down we run, 1 is fun!
2 Around and back on the railroad track!
3 Around the tree, around the tree, that is how you make a 3!
4 Down and over, and down some more, that is how you make a 4!
5 The number 5 has a hat that's funny, then a neck and a big fat tummy!
6 First you come down and then around, a number 6 is what you've found!
7 Start from the sky, slant down from heaven, that is how you make a 7!
8 Make an 'S' but do not wait, go back up to make an 8!
9 Make a balloon and then a line, that is how you make a 9!
0 Make a zero, that's our hero!
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Posted by clouddancer on 01-10-2007 at 21:55:
Those are nice TJ!
The 3, 6 and 7 rhymes do not help with reversals. I guess if I think about it the 5 rhyme does not either. Children could still do the number backwards, which is what some of my grade ones are doing.
Of course, when I think about it, my letter rhymes do not help for letter reversals either.
Can you tell that is my big push in class right now? I want to stop all reversals in term one. I won't get 100% success but I do get 90 % in letters and probably 85 - 90 for numbers. I hate marking term two, addition and subtraction work and not knowing if the child meant 2 or 5 for their answer.
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Posted by Transmute Jun on 01-10-2007 at 23:21:
Well, my son is in Kindergarten so I think they're more worried about letter formation before they worry about it being backwards. It makes sense that in Grade 1 there would be different priorities.
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Posted by Ebonyswanne on 02-10-2007 at 09:13:
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Awww that is so cute!
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