Essential Skills

Patterning, Geometry & Data Management

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This program is designed to introduce students to the basic principles of patterning, geometry and data management:

Look at the picture of the coins. Does it match the graph?

Click on the shape that matches the shape that you hear.

Teaches children how to identify similarities and differences using a variety of attributes including color and size

Students learn to identify, describe and complete basic geometric and number patterns

Other skills include how to identify missing entries in patterns, creating a pattern from a description and using a number chart to create patterns

Teaches the properties of basic 2D shapes and 3D figures and how to make comparisons between them

Outlines the basic principles of symmetry and directional relationships

Click on the two figures that are the same size.

Listen to the pattern and click on what comes next in the pattern.

Introduces students to the principles of data gathering

Provides an introduction to surveying techniques

Students are taught graphing skills using one-to-one correspondence, bar graphs and pictographs

Introduces the basic concepts of probability, including an understanding of "never", "sometimes" and "always

Records students’ results automatically as they work