****FUN FUN FUN***** A fantastic resource to liven up your maths table/centre/area/corner -Beautiful ready made signs with questions to challenge/ extend thinking -Ideas for how to play -Extra resources to make the activity look inviting and a simple list of what you need to add, including a simple playdough recipe A tried and tested game that has been very popular and encouraged some great discussion. A fun, playful context for counting and using mathematical language including lots on shape and number. Links to the EYFS curriculum in the UK include Beginning to be interested in and describe the texture of things/ counting/ recognising numbers/ reading simple sentences/ talk about or ask questions about the world around them/ making 3D shapes and patterns. DON'T HAVE BORING MATHS OR BORING DOUGH- GET 'DOUGH MUCH MORE'! (Merry Christmaths )

A fun, practical, easy to make game that promotes -learning about 3D shapes -counting for a purpose -reading instructions for a practical purpose -naming colours -co-operative play -problem solving skills -pattern -scissor skills Instructions for teachers and children included. It is recommended you purchase sticky dots for this game (so much fun to use!) but you can draw or paint onto them too. Great to display after you play! The game includes photocopiable shapes to make into cones that balance on top of each other. Just copy on card then children cut and sticky tape them together themselves (they don't have to be works of art!) then it becomes a game to match the spots to the number card chosen or roll the dice. They can place the spots in repeating patterns too. Merry Christmaths :)

+++ Discussion Dice Game +++ Similarities and differences in the way we clebrate. A great simple resource to print, fold and stick. print it onto card. Children can make their own or you may only need one per group or class. can be enlraged to A3 and stuck on card before cutting. Use it to answer questions such as "tell me what you know about when people gives presents?" and extend thinking with "Do people get Eid/ Diwali/ Christmas presents?" etc. The game is about looking for similarities and differences about the way we celebrate big festivals.

Time to say goodbye!! A cute end to a hatching chicks project. Print and send this free letter home with the children. Did you have a farewell party? Don't forget to write to them to find out how they are growing and if they have had chicks of their own. They sometimes drop a feather in the class when they have snuck back to drop off a surprise for the class.