Number
Number: counting, estimating and composition
Bird feeding
Developing early maths talk with 4 & 5 year olds
Noticing board
Number: subitising giant dominoes
The children were engaged by the giant domino cards, which they had not seen before.
Meaningful numbers for young children
Number composition
Composition of 3 in different contexts
Cardinal counting with 3 & 4 year olds
Number composition using egg boxes and ice cube trays
Counting, grouping and writing numbers
Choosing organised ways to approach a
problem, making links to previous experience.
Counting and recognising ordinal numbers on a calendar.
The number snake: recognising numerals.
Book: One is a snail
Sharing a book on the beach with 2 and 3 year olds’
Number: counting and comparing
Story vote station
Numeral recognition and ordinality to 12
The Chinese New Year story – The Great Race
Number bond trays
Pattern
Exploring natural materials to create transient art.
Repeating pattern fruit kebab.
Making staircase patterns with a range of materials, indoors and out.
Making border patterns.
Children make patterns with radiating arrangements.
Measure
3 & 4 year olds fashion design
How do I make a dress? Can you show me?
3 & 4 year olds Water Play
Measure size and capacity with 3 & 4 year olds
Learning to compare liquid quantities
Becoming familiar with measuring tools.
Measuring with 4 & 5 year olds
Comparing lengths and weights.
Number and measures with 2,3 & 4 year olds
The cooking station
Spatial reasoning
Knot Tying
Knot tying investigation
Create a 3D messy map
Shape with 3 & 4 year olds
All aboard our bus
Applying spatial reasoning and visualisation
Wrapping boxes
This jigsaw insert puzzle provided lots of opportunities for turning letters round and flipping them over, as well as matching the letters to the shape of their holes
Reading and creating maps of routes
The cartographers
Obstacle Course
Children talking about their route
Builder & copier
Children playing in pairs at being the Builder and the Copier,
Children love jumping in puddles