My experiences teaching maths mastery with children taking their first steps in maths have been so powerful, creative and fun that I wanted to share them. I hope you enjoy the resources and teaching early maths mastery as much as I do!
My experiences teaching maths mastery with children taking their first steps in maths have been so powerful, creative and fun that I wanted to share them. I hope you enjoy the resources and teaching early maths mastery as much as I do!
This comprehensive maths mastery planning for Reception will give your pupils lots of hands-on experience of breaking down and combining numbers to 10 in a range of contexts.
Updated for the September 2021 EYFS Statutory Framework and revised Development Matters (non-statutory) curriculum guidance.
Children will develop a deeper understanding of numbers to 10 as they explore the composition of these numbers, building a solid understanding of the concepts that underpin addition and subtraction as they get older.
Planning is provided for the Spring term of Reception for 3 weeks, including daily inputs, adult-led focus activities each week and wide range of engaging, independent activities that allow children to make choices with their own learning. Using story-telling and experimental play, they learn that numbers can be partitioned and combined and also secure their understanding of the word ‘equal’.
Importantly, children will build on previous subitising work and take their first steps as conceptual subitisers - something that makes them feel very clever!
This resource includes:
A comprehensive planning document
A suggested long-term maths mastery plan for Reception covering the Number and Numerical Patterns Early Learning Goals
Key ideas and common misconceptions
A focus activity each week
A range of independent activities and notes on progression
Question prompts for adults working with the children
‘Keep up’ support ideas
Greater depth challenge ideas and suggested extensions
A resource file for printing to support and extend the unit’s activities
Six accompanying presentations
Embedded opportunities to revisit prior learning
If you are interested in further Early Maths Mastery resources, try:
Unit 4: Measures
Unit 5: Shapes (1)
Unit 5: Shapes (2)
Unit 6: 1 more and 1 less
Subitising game - Little Red Riding Hood (FREE)
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Every single Reception Early Maths Mastery paid resource in one awesome bundle! This is much more than simply planning documents (although there’s 22 weeks’ worth of those).
Included in these units of work are:
over 400 pages of printed resources to support teaching and enhanced provision in Early Years
180 ideas for enhanced provision activities
misconceptions and key ideas highlighted within each unit
high quality, mastery question prompts
ideas for keep up work or extension
19 powerpoint/pdf presentations to support teaching inputs
That’s hours and hours of work - all done for you!
**With a total value of £80, this bundle saves you 25% off the cost of buying everything individually. **
Check out this FREE sample taster unit before you buy. All Early Maths Mastery planning follows this format so you can be assured that the same high-quality, research-based planning, support information and range of activities will be included with any unit of work that you download.
Included in this bundle are the following units of work:
Pattern
Numbers 0-10
Sorting and Comparing
Measures
Shape (units 1 and 2)
1 more and 1 less
Calculation within 10
Numbers beyond 10
Plus a bonus Christmas problem-solving activity!
This equates to over half the year’s planning - woo hoo! :)
This practical and comprehensive EYFS unit of work for the autumn term focuses on the use of everyday language to talk about size, weight and capacity to compare quantities and objects and to solve problems.
Updated for the September 2021 EYFS Statutory Framework and revised Development Matters (non-statutory) curriculum guidance.
Through hands-on, exploratory play, Early Years children are given rich opportunities to help them recognise the attributes of measure and spatial reasoning. A wide range of activities help them move their language on from ‘bigger’ and ‘smaller’ to more specific vocabulary, e.g. taller, wider, lighter, etc. Opportunities are planned to develop their understanding of measure from direct comparison, to indirect comparison and then beginning to understand the use of units to compare items.
Click HERE to save 15% by buying the Autumn term bundle, which includes Pattern, Numbers 0-10, Sorting and Comparing, Measures and Shapes.
If you are following the Early Maths Mastery long term plan, this is Unit 4 and falls in Weeks 10 and 11 of the Autumn term.
The planned inputs and focus activities should be delivered to mixed ability groups so that all children are exposed to the same rich language and ideas.
Included in this download are:
A detailed planning document
A suggested long-term maths mastery plan
A printed resources file to support the planning
Key ideas and common misconceptions
A focus activity for each week
A range of independent activities and notes on progression
Key questions for adults working with children
‘Keep up’ support ideas
Greater depth challenges
Prompt cards detailing key questions and extensions for each activity
If you’re interested in more maths mastery resources, try:
Pattern
Numbers 0-10
Sorting and Comparing
Shapes
One more and one less
Visit the Early Maths Mastery shop on TES for further planning and resources for teaching maths mastery.
What’s inside the locked case? Solve the clues to find the code and unlock the surprise!
This engaging and hands on early years maths problem-solving activity gives children practise with core number (0 - 10) and shape skills in an exciting Christmas-themed context that will have them hooked.
Instructions, clues for the code and ideas for adaptation and extension are included in this download, You will need to source a 6-digit combination lock and surprise rewards yourself. However, if you are unable to get a real lock, there is a printable lock template included that you could use instead.
My class loved this activity and were so excited and determined about unlocking the case - it was a real joy!
Wouldn’t it be great to have all your research and maths planning done for the entire autumn term? Imagine how it would free you up to focus your time and energy on your pupils and on customising your provision to meet their needs and play to their interests.
This bundle will take care of the autumn term maths planning for you and provide you with a stash of activity ideas, printable resources and presentations to help you fly through the autumn term.
All units are updated for the September 2021 EYFS Framework and revised Development Matters (non-statutory) guidance.
These units of work are thoroughly researched, based on maths mastery principles and contain over 30 pages of detailed plans with notes on progression, differentiation, misconceptions, questioning and key ideas. There is a wide range of hands-on, fun activity ideas as well as more than 100 pages of printable resources and accompanying PowerPoints.
Everything in this massive resource is there to help the children build solid foundations in maths and the ability to think flexibly.
By purchasing this bundle of all five units, you are SAVING 15% off the individual price of each unit.
This time-saving, high-quality bundle includes:
Week 1: Pattern
Weeks 2 - 8: Numbers 0-10
Week 9: Sorting and comparing
Weeks 10-11: Measures
Week 12: Shapes (1)
A FREE taster unit is available if you would like to try before you buy. All Early Maths Mastery planning follows this format so you can be assured that the same high-quality planning, support information and range of activities will be included with any unit of work that you download.
Are you looking for ideas or support for teaching children to recognise the pattern of the counting system as they verbally count beyond 20? This comprehensive, researched unit of work will provide you with 5 weeks’ worth of quality planning, stacks of activity ideas, presentations and a massive 85 pages of printed resources to support your teaching.
Planning is provided for the spring term of Reception for 5 weeks, allowing plenty of time for children to continue to revisit and practise in order to embed this significant new Numerical Patterns ELG through the remainder of the academic year.
Each week’s planning includes daily inputs, adult-led focus activities and a wide range of engaging, independent activities that allow children to make choices with their own learning. Comprehensive notes are provided in the planning so that all adults working with the children understand the learning journey, what to look out for and how to support or extend pupils appropriately.
What’s included in this unit?
A detailed planning document for 5 weeks of mastery of numbers beyond 10, including verbally counting beyond 20 and recognising the pattern of the counting system
A suggested long-term maths mastery plan
85 pages of resources to support teaching and classroom activities
Notes on key concepts, misconceptions and errors, ideas for keep up support, greater depth extensions and mastery questioning
Introduction to counting beyond 10 - PowerPoint
Representing numbers - PowerPoint
Missing number problems - PowerPoint
Number square fragments pdf
Numbers - read aloud pdf
I’ve spent lots of time researching this Early Learning Goal and carefully planning a progression across the 5 weeks. I hope that it’s helpful for you and saves time that I know you can spend in so many crucial ways. Enjoy!
Interested in more Early Maths Mastery planning?
Numbers 0-10
Composition of numbers to 10
Shape bundle
* Autumn Term planning and resources bundle
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These Reception units of work are thoroughly researched, based on maths mastery principles and contain detailed plans with notes on progression, differentiation, misconceptions, questioning and key ideas.
Save 20% when buying both Shape units of work together
There is now no Early Learning Goal specifically for shape but the EYFS Framework stresses that it is important to include rich opportunities for children to develop their spatial reasoning skills across all areas of mathematics including shape, space (and measures). This unit has got you covered with a wide range of hands-on, fun activity ideas as well as printable resources and accompanying PowerPoints that will help your class build strong foundations in spatial reasoning and shape. (If you’re looking for help with measures as well - check out our ‘Measures’ planning unit and resources).
A FREE taster unit is available if you would like to try before you buy. All Early Maths Mastery planning follows this format so you can be assured that the same high-quality planning, support information and range of activities will be included with any unit of work that you download.
This first of two Early Years shape mastery units, packed full of hands-on, engaging, independent activity ideas and planned whole class and small group work to build on children’s emerging shape knowledge.
Updated for the September 2021 EYFS Statutory Framework and revised Development Matters (non-statutory) curriculum guidance.
Children are encouraged to notice, investigate, play with and talk about shapes to develop their understanding of what each property means in practical, real world terms. Shape-based language is scaffolded and acquired in context, making the learning meaningful and long-term
Click HERE to save 15% with the entire 12 week Autumn term bundle, which includes Pattern, Numbers 0-10, Sorting and Comparing, Measures and Shapes.
Planning is provided for one week including:
daily inputs
an adult-led focus activity
engaging independent activities allowing children to make choices about their own learning
notes on key concepts and common misconceptions
ideas for keep up support
greater depth extensions
mastery questioning prompts for adults
A printed resources file and two accompanying presentations are also included in your download.
Save 25% when purchasing both Shape planning units from Early Maths Mastery
Looking for more maths mastery resources for Reception?
Pattern
Numbers 0-10
Sorting and Comparing
Measures
1 more and 1 less
Shape bundle
Visit the Early Maths Mastery shop to explore further planning and resources for teaching maths mastery.