How many 2D shapes can you see in this festive image? A fun and easy starter, extension or consolidation activity for Key Stage 1 (KS1) / Key Stage 2 (KS2) learning their extensive 2D shapes. They can identify circles, ovals rectangles / oblongs / quadrilaterals, squares, triangles, pentagons, hexagons, octagons, and more. Can you find the trapezium? These shapes are shown in the “commonly recognisable” orientation as well as irregular, count the sides to name the shape! Easy to differentiate, children could use a different colour to circle the different 2D shapes, or count them up as they find them and name them. Encourage the children draw their own festive picture using all the different 2D shapes they have learnt! This file downloads as an image, so you can insert it into your school’s standard template in a worksheet or add it to an existing worksheet. It can also be printed on its own. Alternatively, children could complete this activity using iPads / tablets and editing it on the screen. A further option is to project it onto the interactive whiteboard / screen, for the children to search for the shapes as a starter activity. They can record their answers in their books, on individual whiteboards or share them out loud, collaboratively as a class.

How many 2D shapes can you see in this festive image? A fun and easy starter, extension or consolidation activity for Key Stage 1 (KS1) / Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) (Reception) learning their 2D shapes. They can identify circles, rectangles / oblongs / quadrilaterals, squares, triangles and more. These shapes can be found in the “commonly recognisable” orientation, and the eager eyed can even spot the irregular versions of the shapes! Easy to differentiate, children could use a different colour to circle the different 2D shapes, or count them up as they find them and name them. Encourage the children draw their own festive picture using all the different 2D shapes they have learnt! This file downloads as an image, so you can insert it into your school’s standard template, or it can be printed on its own. Alternatively, children could complete this activity using iPads / tablets and editing it on the screen. A further option is to project it onto the interactive whiteboard / screen, for the children to search for the shapes as a starter activity. They can record their answers in their books, on individual whiteboards or share them out loud, collaboratively as a class.

MATHS WORKING WALL DISPLAY LETTERS! EYFS/Reception, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 Make your walls POP and engage your children and visitors in your numeracy/maths learning journey with these fantastic display title letters! Each letter in “Maths” contains related images. Covering a wide range of the curriculum, including: number, time, money, shape and much more. This pdf download prints the letters to A5 size (within margins) but you could easily enlarge or shrink them down to the size you need. Ready to cut out and display. Laminate for a longer lasting resource and use a coloured backing to really make them pop!

Teach number pairs of 10 at Christmas! A lesson worksheet, for consolidation, within a homework pack or as an independent extension activity. An easy festive activity. On each pair of Christmas trees, draw 10 baubles. Write the number sentence to match underneath. How many different ways can you put the baubles across the two trees? This resource includes two larger trees for the teacher to model, using buttons or other items to represent the baubles! This resource is suitable for Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)/Reception and Key Stage 1 (KS1). Image credit: Google docs emoji

Teach number pairs of 5 at Christmas! A lesson worksheet, for consolidation, within a homework pack or as an independent extension activity. On each snowman pair, draw 5 buttons - how many different ways can the buttons be given out? Underneath each snowman pair, write the number sentence to match. This resource includes 2 A4 snowmen for the teacher to print out and use real buttons to demonstrate all of the number pairs of 5. This resource is suitable for Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)/Reception and Key Stage 1 (KS1).

NUMERACY WORKING WALL DISPLAY LETTERS! EYFS/Reception, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 Make your walls POP and engage your children and visitors in your numeracy learning with these fantastic display title letters! Each letter in “Numeracy” contains mathematic related images. Covering a wide range of the curriculum, including: number, time, money, shape and much more. This pdf download prints the letters to A5 size (within margins) but you could easily enlarge or shrink them down to the size you need. Ready to cut out and display. Laminate for a longer lasting resource and use a coloured backing to really make them pop!

CHRISTMAS EDITION! Teaching number pairs from 2 through to 10 using bar models - with a fun festive twist! For key stage 1 and early years foundation stage. Each individual worksheet contains a bar model per number pair. The top bar shows what number is represented by the bar model (the “total” amount), the second bar shows the amount using pictures and the third bar is for the number sentence. The children must draw the remaining pictures in the second bar to make the total (the “full” bar), they use this to write the number sentence below. The pictures are simple and recognisable for the children to continue drawing. This includes snowmen, christmas trees, presents, stockings, baubles etc. Bar model number pairs worksheet to consolidate learning, a homework pack, task extension or assessment piece! Only need specific number pairs? Get in touch and I am happy to upload them individually! Image credit Freepik (freepik.com)

Learn number pairs from 2 through to 10 with bar models and pictures! A lesson worksheet, consolidation, homework pack or extension activity. Key stage 1 and early years foundation stage/reception. Each individual worksheet contains a bar model per number pair. The top bar shows what number is represented by the bar model (the “total” amount), the second bar shows the amount using pictures and the third bar is for the number sentence. The children must draw the remaining pictures in the second bar to make the total (the “full” bar), they use this to write the number sentence below. The pictures are simple and recognisable for the children to continue drawing. This includes trees, balloons, cupcakes. teddy bears, leaves, flowers, bees, houses and butterflies. Image credit Freepik (freepik.com)

Read the time in words and draw the minute and hour hands on the clock face! The times are all half past the hour. This resource includes 2 pages of 6 clocks and times - these can be split into 2 sessions or used in one! You could also cut up the clocks for the children to select one at a time and stick in their books, making the activity less intimidating than being faced with a whole worksheet.