Maths Eyes

What do you need to make gingerbread men?

• Who thinks gingerbread men are good to eat?

• Which ingredients are good/not good for people to eat?

• Which part of the gingerbread man would you eat first?

• What are the gingerbread man’s eyes made of?

• What are his feet made of?

• Are there other things you could have made the feet with?

• How many legs/eyes/arms/buttons does each gingerbread man have?

• How many gingerbread men are in the first row?

• How many gingerbread men in the poster altogether? How did you work this out?

• What colour are the eyes of the gingerbread men?

• What colour buttons can you see?

• How many smarties were needed to give the two buttons to  each gingerbread man?

• Can you think of questions about the picture to ask other groups (question starters could include: How many…, how many more…which colour etc.)?

Where might you find this kind of pattern?

• Put on “Maths Eyes”, what do you see now?

• What shapes can you see?

• What is the smallest shape in the picture?

• Can you find a shape that is just one colour only?

• Can you see shapes with more than 2 colours?

• What squares can you see made up of different colours?

• Can you see a line of symmetry for one of the squares?

• Where else might you find this shape?

• Choose a square and describe the pattern.

• What pattern is in the squares?

• What size angles can you see?

• What kinds of angles can you see?

• Can you use maths words to describe what you see?

What can you see in this picture?

What questions do you have?

• Put on “Maths Eyes”, what do you see now?
• Where is the line of symmetry?
• What colours can you see?
• How many wings can you see?
• How many antennas can you see?
• If there were 4 butterflies how many antennas would there be?
• How long do you think the wings are?
• What shapes can you see?
• If there were 4 butterflies how many wings can you see?
• What time of the year might this be?

What would the area of this butterfly be?

• What would the perimeter of the butterfly be?

What can you see in this picture?

What questions do you have?

• Put on “Maths Eyes”, what do you see now?
• • What shapes can you see?

  • What do you think this is a picture of?

  • how many different colours can you see?

  • Can you see shapes with more than 2 colours?

  • how many triangular shapes do you think there are in this picture?

  • where do you think this is?

  • Where else might you find this shape? .

  • What pattern is in the squares?

  • What size angles can you see?

  • What kinds of angles can you see?

  • Can you use maths words to describe what you see?