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Maths for early years
Dinosaur One More One Less
The fun way to find one more and one less! This activity gives children the chance to work out one more or one less than a given number. There are 3 different pages provided for variation and the pages can easily be cut into strips for shorter, quicker tricky challenge activities. Children can solve each one by simply writing their numbers into the boxes provided, or for a more practical way to complete it , drawing, sticking, stamping marks into each box. This works well with learners struggling with the concept.
Maths skills it can develop:
Number recognition
Counting
One more
One less
Areas of the Early Years curriculum it covers:
Personal, social and emotional development
Communication and Language
Maths
Dinosaur Ten Frames
Have fun with this great Early Years maths tool. The two-by-five rectangular frames are an excellent way to practice counting to ten. There is a box provided on each frame to input your own numbers to allow for open ended exploration.
Maths skills it can develop:
Number recognition
counting
ordering
doubling
one more
Areas of the Early Years curriculum it covers:
Personal, social and emotional development
Communication and Language
Maths
Number of Pages: 1
2D Shape Flashcards in English & Spanish
These 2D shape flashcards are a great way to help your children learn about shapes and their properties in English and in Spanish. Both language sets include: circle, star, hexagon, pentagon, diamond, square, rectangle, triangle and oval.
Maths Skills it can develop:
2D shapes
Areas of the Early Years curriculum it covers:
Personal, social and emotional development
Communication and Language
Maths
Number of Pages: 3 (9 shapes in English and 9 cards in Spanish)
Autumn 100 Square
This open ended resource is an excellent way to visually explore the different number concepts within maths while staying within theme. A fun resource that can be used independently to reinforce counting.
Maths skills it can develop:
counting
number recognition
creates own mathematical problems
find one more or one less
multiplication
Areas of the Early Years curriculum it covers:
Personal, social and emotional development
Communication and Language
Maths
Number of Pages: 1
Count the Spots - Elephants
Have fun counting, ordering and comparing these spotted elephants from 0-10.
Maths skills it can develop:
Counting
Ordering
Practical and printable. Suitable for EYFS (Early Years), preschoolers, kindergarten, Reception, Nursery.
Animal Graph
Yes you can learn data handling in Early Years!
The graph is easy to understand with engaging pictures and works with small numbers. Children can have fun completing their graphs independently by surveying their friends or complete one in small groups or as a class. The activity is a brilliant opportunity to start exploring the results through adult questioning.
Maths skills it can develop:
Counting
Number recognition
Comparing
Practical and printable. Suitable for EYFS (Early Years), preschoolers, kindergarten, Reception, Nursery.
Animal Number Cards 1-10
These versatile number cards are an an excellent resource to have in the classroom. Each card is numbered from 1-10.
Maths skills it can develop:
Number recognition
Ordering
Matching
Counting
Practical and printable. Suitable for EYFS (Early Years), preschoolers, kindergarten, Reception, Nursery.
Giraffe Counting Mats - Animals
Take learning in new directions with these Giraffe Counting Mats. This open ended resource allows you to add your own numbers into the box provided and create your own number problems. Draw, paint, stamp your way to excellent counting skills.
Skills it can develop:
counting
number recognition
Practical and printable. Suitable for EYFS (Early Years), preschoolers, kindergarten, Reception, Nursery.
Animal number towers
Get those little fingers building with this number stacking activity. Challenge children to build towers with the correct amount of cubes.
Maths skills it can develop:
Counting
Number recognition
Practical and printable. Suitable for EYFS (Early Years), preschoolers, kindergarten, Reception, Nursery.
Animal Count and Match Cards
These printable counting cards are an excellent way of practising number recognition and counting skills.
Maths skills it can develop:
Number recognition
Counting
Matching
Practical and printable. Suitable for EYFS (Early Years), preschoolers, kindergarten, Reception, Nursery.
Crocodile ten frames
Have fun with this great Early Years maths tool. The two-by-five rectangular frames are an excellent way to practice counting to ten. There is a box provided on each frame to input your own numbers to allow for open ended exploration.
Maths skills it can develop:
Number recognition
counting
ordering
doubling
one more
Practical and printable. Suitable for EYFS (Early Years), preschoolers, kindergarten, Reception, Nursery.
Animal themed roll and colour
This activity combines mindfulness colouring with Early years maths skills. Practise counting and recognising numbers by rolling the dice and colouring the picture with the correct number on them.
Maths skills that could be developed:
number recognition
counting
Practical and printable. Suitable for EYFS (Early Years), preschoolers, kindergarten, Reception, Nursery.
5 Little Monkeys Template
Whether you are making stick puppets, enhancing your nursery rhymes or simply just brushing up on some maths skills, the duck family template is a great resource to cut out and get creative with.
Maths skills it can develop:
counting
one less
ordering
number recognition
Areas of the Early Years curriculum it covers:
Personal, social and emotional development
Communication and Language
Maths
Expressive Arts and Design
Number of Pages: 1
Dinosaur Twenty Frames
This activity is a great way of visually showing amounts to 20. Use paint, counters, pens to match the numbers shown on each twenty frame.
Maths skills it can develop:
Number recognition
counting
matching
Areas of the Early Years curriculum it covers:
Personal, social and emotional development
Communication and Language
Physical Development
Maths
Expressive Arts and Design
Number of Pages: 1
Under the Sea halving shapes
Have fun with this cross curricular activity that introduces the concept of simple fractions and halving. Children can explore the concept of halving by cutting, colouring, painting half of each shape.
Maths skills it can develop:
2D shape recognition and properties
Halving
Areas of the Early Years curriculum it covers:
Personal, social and emotional development
Communication and Language
Physical Development
Maths
Expressive Arts and Design
Number of Pages: 1
Wheelbarrow Addition - Farm theme
These cards are perfect for practising addition skills. Create your own with the blank card included.
Maths skills it can develop:
Number recognition
counting
addition
Areas of the Early Years curriculum it covers:
Personal, social and emotional development
Communication and Language
Maths
Expressive Arts and Design
Number of Pages: 3 (6 addition cards)
Duck family template
Whether you are making stick puppets, enhancing your nursery rhymes or simply just brushing up on some maths skills, the duck family template is a great resource to cut out and get creative with.
Maths skills it can develop:
counting
one less
ordering
number recognition
Practical and printable. Suitable for EYFS (Early Years), preschoolers, kindergarten, Reception, Nursery.
Numbered Art grid 1-10
The numbered art grid gives children the chance to get creative with how the count and make amounts to 10. Whether it’s drawing, painting, stamping or sticking, it is sure to get those creative ideas going. The numbered art grid works well across a range of topics and themes.
Maths skills it can develop:
Counting
Number recognition
Practical and printable. Suitable for EYFS (Early Years), preschoolers, kindergarten, Reception, Nursery.
Count the spots 0-10 Sharks
Have fun counting, ordering and comparing these spotted pictures from 0-10.
Maths skills it can develop:
Counting
Ordering
Practical and printable. Suitable for EYFS (Early Years), preschoolers, kindergarten, Reception, Nursery.
Sea themed number towers
Get those little fingers building with this number stacking activity. Challenge children to build towers with the correct amount of cubes.
Maths skills it can develop:
Counting
Number recognition
Practical and printable. Suitable for EYFS (Early Years), preschoolers, kindergarten, Reception, Nursery.