This resource has been designed for Key Stage 1. There are 3 different activities. The first one involves children putting the months of the year in order. In the second, the children answer questions about which month comes before/after. Finally, children are asked to write the dates, for example, change 5.4.15 to 5th April, 2015. All activities are ready to print and go for your convenience.

Activity 1 - Butterfly Cards 11 activity cards to encourage children to count on and find missing numbers in addition number sentences, using number bonds to 10. Each card has an addition number sentence and a butterfly to use to solve the problem. You could laminate the cards and use them with whiteboard pens, unifix cubes, counters or Play Dough.Children add additional dots using a pen, unifix cubes, counters or roll Play Dough balls and then count on to help them find the missing number. Activity 2 - Caterpillar Cards 21 activity cards to encourage children to count on and find missing numbers in addition number sentences, using number bonds to 20. Each card has an addition number sentence and a caterpillar to use to solve the problem. You could laminate the cards and use them with whiteboard pens, unifix cubes, counters or Play Dough. Children add additional dots using a pen, unifix cubes, counters or roll Play Dough balls and then count on to help them find the missing number. Note - Preview image shows missing number box is overlapping, but it is fine when downloaded.

This is an extremely detailed lesson plan used for a Maths observation. Our topic was The Enchanted Wood, and I like to try and link my lessons to the topic. Most resources are included or should be available in most classrooms. However, I did make the large 100 square for the floor with the children earlier in the week. They each decorated some number squares with woodland creatures, trees, flowers etc for our 'Out of the Woods' game, and then we 'tacky backed' it together. Good for number recognition/ordering. The frog game is available on Twinkl, or you could easily make some frog counters and lily pads. Resources included are the learning objectives, success criteria and plenary reflection questions. Also, word problems for the whole class and guided activity, along with true/false cards. The lesson is clearly differentiated for children still working on one more/one less to 20, one more/one less to 100, ten more/ten less, and application of this knowledge to solving word problems. Extension ideas are also included. This lesson was planned for a Year 1 class and enjoyed by all.

11 activity cards to encourage children to count on and find missing numbers in addition number sentences, using number bonds to 10. Each card has an addition number sentence and a butterfly to use to solve the problem. You could laminate the cards and use them with whiteboard pens, unifix cubes, counters or Play Dough. Children add additional dots using a pen, unifix cubes, counters or roll Play Dough balls and then count on to help them find the missing number. Note - Preview image shows missing number box is overlapping, but it is fine when downloaded.

21 activity cards to encourage children to count on and find missing numbers in addition number sentences, using number bonds to 20. Each card has an addition number sentence and a caterpillar to use to solve the problem. You could laminate the cards and use them with whiteboard pens, unifix cubes, counters or Play Dough. Children add additional dots using a pen, unifix cubes, counters or roll Play Dough balls and then count on to help them find the missing number. Note - Preview image shows missing number box is overlapping, but it is fine when downloaded.

2 days of detailed planning to teach Year 1 children about halves and quarters. Day 1 recaps doubling in the mental oral starter and moves on to encourage children to investigate halving quantities using strips of paper with Spring themed pictures, unifix cubes and books/coins. Day 2 recaps halves of shapes in the mental oral starter and moves on to investigating quarters through Easter themed activities. Fun, hands on lessons which are clearly differentiated. A lovely introduction to fractions for young children.

6 activity cards to encourage children to count on and find missing numbers in addition number sentences, using number bonds to 5. Each card has an addition number sentence and a ladybird to use to solve the problem. You could laminate the cards and use them with whiteboard pens, unifix cubes, counters or Play Dough. Children add additional dots using a pen, unifix cubes, counters or roll Play Dough balls and then count on to help them find the missing number. Butterfly and Caterpillar activity cards are available in my shop. These encourage counting on using number bonds to 10 and 20.