Includes 3 Word Level Pictures and sentences to read.
Laminate and use as pairs/snap/splat etc.
Adult must encourage the child to say the sentence correctly. Repeat the sentence correctly. Tick off the sentences and date when the child is able to read them correctly.
Halloween - Spider Counting to 10
This includes 2 games (PDF & Word documents to edit)
Spider pegs - children will need to peg on the correct number of legs to match the number on the spider.
Spider eyes - children will need to roll a dice to put the correct number of eyes on the spider.
I use these games for Halloween & minibeasts.
PDF & Editable Word document included
Flashcards of repeating patterns with 2D shapes to use in the enhanced provision as a stimulus to encourage the children to either copy or make their own repeating patterns.
Cutting skills activity for a TA task or in the provision. Children need to colour in then cut out the 2D shape.
Worksheet - look for the 2D shapes in the top half of the page. Write the correct number of shapes in the box.
Worksheet - 2D shape hunt record answers in a table (Differentiated for 3 ability groups).
Worksheet - tick the correct shape. Staff member to read out the sentence. E.g.‘Tick the circle’. Children need to search for the circle and tick it.
Early years - sorting the seasons autumn & winter.
Lower ability - Draw a line to match the picture to the correct season.
Middle ability - cut and stick the pictures into the correct season.
Higher ability - draw and label the pictures.
I’ve attached editable copies & PDF copies.
Print out the A4 worksheet then enlarge it to A3.
Early Years Maths
Numeracy Provision
Cut and laminate the patterns in strips.
Provide plastic / real coins for children to make repeating patterns in the maths area.
Challenge children to make their own patterns.
Valentine’s Day - Numeracy Provision
Activity mats for the numeracy area in the provision.
Children need to make the correct number of hearts out of play dough.
Children need to build a tower of cubes to match the number on the heart.
Hearts on numbers - order numbers
Early Years Literacy
Children could either find letters hidden in the outdoor area/woodlands and record their answers as a tally chart on the worksheet.
Alternative activities:
Letter hunt in books
Letter hunt around the school
Find flashcards
Included Word document (editable) and PDF copy.
2D Shape Scarecrow
Early Years Maths / Numeracy
I usually do this task in Autumn Term as part of our topic ‘Harvest’.
Children need to cut out 2D shapes.
Glue 2D shapes to make a scarecrow.
Then children need to colour in a block diagram to show which / how many shapes they have used.
I’ve included the Word document (editable) and a PDF copy.
Letter Formation
Early Years Literacy / Phonics / Handwriting
Encourage children to form letters correctly by first writing over the orange letter, then trying by themselves.
An editable Word document and PDF copy has been included.
Early Years / Reception / Year 1
Sort food that is healthy and unhealthy for your teeth.
Print page as A3.
Lower - children can cut and stick pictures
Middle - children can draw pictures, adults can label drawings
Top - children can draw and label pictures independently
Word document (editable) and PDF has been included.
Queen’s Jubilee
We were learning about money. We linked it to the Queen’s Jubilee.
The children need to match the value of the stamp to the correct postcard.
e.g. Miss West’s stamp is 19p. Can you find 19p? Can you make 10p using coins? How many ways can you make 19p?
We used this in the provision whilst learning about the Jubilee.
Then we wrote our own postcards about what we enjoyed during the Jubilee celebration.
Tally Chart of Favourite Pet
Early Years Numeracy / Maths
Whole class task
Children vote for their favourite pet.
Discuss recording votes as a tally chart.
Count the votes and write the number in the last box.
Editable Word document is included, as well as a PDF.
Postcard Penguin On Holiday
Early Years Literacy
Children pretend to either be Penguin or Crab. They write a postcard to their friend talking about their holiday.
Early Years / Year 1 / Year 2 / Foundation Phase
Children have circle time to discuss what they are grateful for.
Children draw a picture in the circle, then write a sentence about what they are grateful for below.
To differentiate:
Lower - staff write what children are grateful for
Middle - children dictate sentence. Staff write sentence in yellow pen then children write over yellow felt pen
Top - children copy from a model, or write independently.
Editable Word document and PDF copies are included.
Design your own puppet - Early Years - Reception
During our topic of fairytales, the children designed their own puppet.
The children will write the name of their puppet. Then colour in the splodge to show the colour of the material that they will use. Then they circle the materials that they will use. In the last box, they will draw and label their puppet.
During subtraction week, we carried out 3 activities.
We used the ‘Playdough Smash’ laminated sheet to make blobs of playdough up to 10. Then we used whiteboard pens to write subtraction number sentences. When children took numbers away, they smashed the playdough then counted to see how many were left.
We used the purse and the 10 frame to pay for items in the shop. We started with 10p (1p in each square) the we took pennies away to find out how much we had left.
We used the differentiated worksheets to cross out the objects to see how many were left.
Assessments Included:
Cutting skills
DCD skills
High Frequency Words
Number Formation
Number Recognition
Word document (Editable) and PDF copy included