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Nursey 3-4 Years Old
- Sing counting songs and rhymes.
- Count small groups of numbers, starting from three.
- Playing games with numbers such as rolling a die and finding the correct number of objects.
- Counting our steps and things we see in the environment.
- Make groups of objects into sets and count how many sets there are.
- Make sets of one dot, sets of two dots, etc. Start with up to five.
- Using mathematical language, who is first? Who is second?
- Subitising quantities up to four.
- Identifying repeating patterns in print and songs
- Opportunities to count and compare sets, Which group is bigger/smaller?
- Activities that reproduce a number with manipulatives, e.g. place two counters on a table, hide another under a cloth .and show it to children.
- Measuring using non-standard units, such as cubes or hands.
- Exploring light and heavy objects, including large light objects and small heavy objects.
- Exploring capacity using a range of different objects such as teapots, buckets, spoons and ladles.
- Using nesting containers to generate curiosity and discussion.
- Exploring a variety of pouring media, sand, water lentils and countable materials such as blocks and conkers.
- Time, playing games that help us think about what time of day it happens such as the moon at night or the sun in the day.
- Exploring shapes in the environment, the round clock, the square picture.
- Using pictures and stories to name and identify simple shapes.
- Using simple positional language through games.
- Simple problem solving, how many children have blue eyes/brown eyes?
Reception 4-5 Years Old
- Counting games, can you roll a die and find that many objects from a group of ten?
- Using arrays, can you say how many?
- Using mathematical resources such as Numicon, multilink and ten-frames to work out arrays.
- Recognising multiplication arrays by using columns and rows. Using resources such as Lego, egg boxes and cake tins.
- Counting more complex arrangements of numbers. Encouraging children to talk about how they see the number.
- Using number lines to write numbers in order and find what is more or less.
- Recognising and continuing repeating patterns in pictures, objects and rhymes. Can you see it? Can you hear it? Can you copy it?
- Solving number problems, can you count the dots? Can you say the number? Do you recognise the number? Can you make the number in different ways?
- Singing number songs to support counting backwards, using our fingers to help us, such as 10 fat sausages/10 in a bed.
- Using 3D bar grids and pictograms to sort into groups.
- Reading graphs to answer questions.
- Measuring and comparing length using mathematical language, longer, shorter, the same.
- Using different types of weight scales to compare mass.
- Predicting weight and checking our estimates.
- Using scales measure ingredients to cook.
- Capacity problem-solving. How many cars will fit into the box?
- Using a variety of containers and media to compare capacity.
- Learning about time in daily routines. Talk about what day it is and what month it is.
- Talk about age, next week, last week, today, last month. When is your Birthday?
- Using different timers to record our activities in our play.
- Names and describing 2D shape and their properties.
- Making some basic tangrams.
- Recognising 3D shapes in the environment.
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