We watched the ginger bread man story on YouTube before bed last night, Matilda liked joining in with ‘run run as fast as you can, you can’t catch me I’m the gingerbread man’! We found a container and we had some yummy Oreo biscuits (Matilda’s favourites!) Matilda looked at the container and used her finger to count how many spaces she thought there were for the biscuits. She counted 7 spaces! We then filled it with the biscuits and managed to fit 6 in, so Matilda’s guess was pretty close, she was very happy that there was a spare biscuit for her to eat! We will email a photo for you to see.
We chose 2 boxes – Livy guessed that only one biscuit would fit in the smaller container but it actually fitted three. She guessed five would fit in the larger container but it actually fitted 10! We thought that looking at the sizes of the biscuits and containers even more carefully would help us to have a closer estimate.
It can be tricky to start with, but with more practice it will get easier. I am pleased you challenged yourself and used two different sized containers. 🙂
Oliver guessed that he could fit six biscuits in a container, then I asked him to fill it up. Oliver then counted the biscuits until the container was full and fitted twenty one biscuits in the container. Then I asked Oliver if his guess was the same, nearly the same or very different. Oliver then told me his guess was very different and had a biscuit!
Today we completed this challenge using marsh mellows and a small container. Lily guesssed that five marsh mellows would fill the container, mommy guessed seven and daddy nine! We counted them going in and it took nine marsh mellows to fill the container! Well done daddy!!
Phoebe picked two tubs, a large one and a small one. She estimated that ten biscuits would fit in the large tub, the actual number was seven. She estimated six biscuits in the smaller tub, the actual number was four. She enjoyed eating the biscuits after!
Charlie enjoyed this challenge – mainly because it involved biscuits! He saw the 1st container and guessed 4 but it was in fact 14 so a little off. On the second container he guessed 10 and it was 12 so much closer this time when he got used to being creative with how he put the biscuits in the container
Luke estimated how many biscuits he could fit in 2 different size containers, the first container he guessed 4 biscuits would fit in but we actually got 8 in!! The second container was bigger & Luke guessed he’d fit 13 biscuits in & he was correct.
Lenny estimated how many chocolate digestive biscuits he could fit into the container –
His guess was 5 biscuits and Lenny could actually fit 6 biscuits inside the container! So his guess was very close, he was especially pleased when he got to eat 1 of the biscuits!!
Zach really enjoyed this story. We used a small container and Zach guessed he could fit two biscuits into it, when he counted he found he could fit six biscuits into the container.
We did two games, one was guessing how many pieces of Lego we could get into a bowl, Ethan guessed 10, the answer was 8 so very close. The other was guessing how many biscuits we could get into a container, Ethan guessed 9 and there were 8, very close again
Alexander loved the Gingerbread man story.he joined in and we had a good fun. Alexander had two containers:a small one and a bigger one . He said in the smaller one he would fit 9 biscuits and he was right. He said in the bigger one he can fit 20. He was right again although he had to squeeze them in a bit:)
We had two tubs and some bourbons ( our favorite).
The predictions were small tub. Libby 4 Lee 10 it held 8
Bigger tub . Libby 10 Lee 14 it held 26
They both enjoyed eating a few
It can be tricky to estimate when it is a larger number, great work Lee and Libby.
We watched the ginger bread man story on YouTube before bed last night, Matilda liked joining in with ‘run run as fast as you can, you can’t catch me I’m the gingerbread man’! We found a container and we had some yummy Oreo biscuits (Matilda’s favourites!) Matilda looked at the container and used her finger to count how many spaces she thought there were for the biscuits. She counted 7 spaces! We then filled it with the biscuits and managed to fit 6 in, so Matilda’s guess was pretty close, she was very happy that there was a spare biscuit for her to eat! We will email a photo for you to see.
A very good way of estimating Matilda, well done!
We chose 2 boxes – Livy guessed that only one biscuit would fit in the smaller container but it actually fitted three. She guessed five would fit in the larger container but it actually fitted 10! We thought that looking at the sizes of the biscuits and containers even more carefully would help us to have a closer estimate.
It can be tricky to start with, but with more practice it will get easier. I am pleased you challenged yourself and used two different sized containers. 🙂
Oliver guessed that he could fit six biscuits in a container, then I asked him to fill it up. Oliver then counted the biscuits until the container was full and fitted twenty one biscuits in the container. Then I asked Oliver if his guess was the same, nearly the same or very different. Oliver then told me his guess was very different and had a biscuit!
A good start Oliver, it will help to estimate with different objects and containers to get more practice.
Today we completed this challenge using marsh mellows and a small container. Lily guesssed that five marsh mellows would fill the container, mommy guessed seven and daddy nine! We counted them going in and it took nine marsh mellows to fill the container! Well done daddy!!
It is good that the whole family got to play! Did the person with the closest guess get to eat the marshmellows?
Phoebe picked two tubs, a large one and a small one. She estimated that ten biscuits would fit in the large tub, the actual number was seven. She estimated six biscuits in the smaller tub, the actual number was four. She enjoyed eating the biscuits after!
They were both fairly close estimates, great work Phoebe you thought about it carefully.
Charlie enjoyed this challenge – mainly because it involved biscuits! He saw the 1st container and guessed 4 but it was in fact 14 so a little off. On the second container he guessed 10 and it was 12 so much closer this time when he got used to being creative with how he put the biscuits in the container
Practice with estimation definitely helps, keep up the good work Charlie.
Luke estimated how many biscuits he could fit in 2 different size containers, the first container he guessed 4 biscuits would fit in but we actually got 8 in!! The second container was bigger & Luke guessed he’d fit 13 biscuits in & he was correct.
It is good to estimate and test using different containers and objects, well done Luke for estimating correctly on your second attempt.
Archie’s estimated how many biscuits were in the Tin. He guessed 5 when there was 9.
That is a good first effort Archie, keep practising and your estimates will get even better!
Lenny estimated how many chocolate digestive biscuits he could fit into the container –
His guess was 5 biscuits and Lenny could actually fit 6 biscuits inside the container! So his guess was very close, he was especially pleased when he got to eat 1 of the biscuits!!
That sounds like you had fun Lenny! Well done for estimating so carefully.
Eliza estimated 30 biscuits would fit in the jar, the actual answer was 33 (minus the one she ate!). So nearly the same – good guess!
It can be tricky to estimate with larger numbers, but you were very close. Super work Eliza!
Zach really enjoyed this story. We used a small container and Zach guessed he could fit two biscuits into it, when he counted he found he could fit six biscuits into the container.
A good start Zach, keep practising and your estimates will get closer 🙂
After a few silly answers, Dylan’s final guess was 19. The answer was 27, not sure I would have guessed correctly either!
It can be tricky at first when estimating, keep practising Dylan. Try smaller containers to start with…
We did two games, one was guessing how many pieces of Lego we could get into a bowl, Ethan guessed 10, the answer was 8 so very close. The other was guessing how many biscuits we could get into a container, Ethan guessed 9 and there were 8, very close again
Both were very good estimates, super work Ethan. Try and challenge yourself further using larger containers. 🙂
Alexander loved the Gingerbread man story.he joined in and we had a good fun. Alexander had two containers:a small one and a bigger one . He said in the smaller one he would fit 9 biscuits and he was right. He said in the bigger one he can fit 20. He was right again although he had to squeeze them in a bit:)
Super work Alexander, you are very good at estimating!