Counting in 5s | Five Times Table

This is a fantastic task to help kids learn to count in 5s. It is fun and creative and produces a lovely visual resource to help kids with counting in 5s and the 5 times table. The task is designed to help kids really understand what it means to count in 5s (rather than learning by repetition). See a video of the task in action here https://youtu.be/NLw9sc6wz8E

I also write a blog. To see a full description of the task, with ideas questions and other activities click here:
http://kidsunderstandmaths.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/understand-how-to-count-in-2s-and-5s.html

The final product can be used to extend kids by linking it to the 5 times table (e.g. if we have 3 hands each with 5 fingers, how many fingers will we have in total).