A week ago we had buddy maths, and now I just think little kids are funny. But what did we do? First we got sent down to the first floor where the little kids were and then the teacher would tell us where our buddies/buddy were.

 

I got two buddies since the intermediate buddy was away. They were both in the same class which was helpful and then we went outside to do some maths. We found some friends and they had a whiteboard and were writing down some maths equations, so I decided to join since I didn’t know where to go first.

 

I wrote down a nice simple equation down for them and one of them got it straight away while the other took him a little bit longer but that’s ok! We did some more equations and one of my buddies was really good at large numbers for multiplication and addition for his age. I felt very joyful at that moment and so were they as they were enjoying maths as well. After that my buddies, friend and I made a maths hopscotch and we knew it was very fun for them because even our buddies friends came to join in!

 

If we were coming back to do another activity i would like to do some sports and P.E with the little kids that would also be safe and would not get anyone injured. What makes a great buddy when working with younger students? I’d say it would be keeping your buddy entertained while staying on task, and make it that your buddy gets excited when the teachers say we are coming back next tuesday. What do you think?