UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA (UNISA)
Department of Early Childhood Education and Development
⋄
EMERGENT MATHEMATICS
ASSESSMENT 3: PORTFOLIO
Year Module Portfolio, 2026
⋄
Module Code: EMA1501
Module Name: Emergent Mathematics
Assessment No.: Assessment 3, 2026
Student Name:
Student Number:
Year: 2026
Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for Emergent Mathematics
at the University of South Africa.
, UNISA | EMA1501 Assessment 3 Portfolio 2026
Contents
1 Activity 1: Play 2
1.1 1.1.1 Types of Play Depicted in the Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.2 1.1.2 Resources Developed from Recycled Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2.1 Play 1: Socio-dramatic Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2.2 Play 2: Physical Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.2.3 Play 3: Constructive Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.2.4 Play 4: Manipulative Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2.5 Play 5: Creative Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2.6 Play 6: Exploratory Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.3 1.1.3 Summary of an Activity for Each Type of Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.3.1 Play 1: Socio-dramatic Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.3.2 Play 2: Physical Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.3.3 Play 3: Constructive Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.3.4 Play 4: Manipulative Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.3.5 Play 5: Creative Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.3.6 Play 6: Exploratory Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2 Activity 2: Emergent Mathematics Lesson Plan 10
2.1 2.1 Mathematics Lesson Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.1.1 Aim of the Lesson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.1.2 Learning Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.1.3 Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.1.4 Small Group Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.1.5 Focused Activity: Sorting Toys into Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Reference List 13
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Department of Early Childhood Education and Development
⋄
EMERGENT MATHEMATICS
ASSESSMENT 3: PORTFOLIO
Year Module Portfolio, 2026
⋄
Module Code: EMA1501
Module Name: Emergent Mathematics
Assessment No.: Assessment 3, 2026
Student Name:
Student Number:
Year: 2026
Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for Emergent Mathematics
at the University of South Africa.
, UNISA | EMA1501 Assessment 3 Portfolio 2026
Contents
1 Activity 1: Play 2
1.1 1.1.1 Types of Play Depicted in the Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.2 1.1.2 Resources Developed from Recycled Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2.1 Play 1: Socio-dramatic Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2.2 Play 2: Physical Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.2.3 Play 3: Constructive Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.2.4 Play 4: Manipulative Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2.5 Play 5: Creative Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2.6 Play 6: Exploratory Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.3 1.1.3 Summary of an Activity for Each Type of Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.3.1 Play 1: Socio-dramatic Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.3.2 Play 2: Physical Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.3.3 Play 3: Constructive Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.3.4 Play 4: Manipulative Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.3.5 Play 5: Creative Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.3.6 Play 6: Exploratory Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2 Activity 2: Emergent Mathematics Lesson Plan 10
2.1 2.1 Mathematics Lesson Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.1.1 Aim of the Lesson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.1.2 Learning Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.1.3 Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.1.4 Small Group Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.1.5 Focused Activity: Sorting Toys into Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Reference List 13
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