Actions and Instruments - Children used the flash cards to make a pattern with actions. Children took turns making the pattern for the rest of the group to make. Use 2D shapes for children to follow a pattern also. Repeating Pattern Snakes - My children used their fingers to paint a pattern on the snakes. My top group were encouraged to make 3 changes.

We wrote sounds on cups/milk lids. We laminated these mats and children had to match the inital sound to the picture.

Early Years - Reception Writing Template Genre - Instruction Writing How to play a triangle. Our topic was music/sound - ‘What’s that sound?’ Introduction We had a letter from Y2 asking us to teach them how to play a triangle. We played the triangle. We wrote instructions as a class on an A2 piece of sugar paper. 3 Differentiated worksheets Top group - write sentences independently - word mat to help with tricky spellings. Draw pictures of each step independently. Middle group - fill in the missing bossy verb (word mat included but you can add your own). Lower group - cut and stick the pictures and writing in order. They were able to order the numbers.

You will need to get 4 pots. Put 1 pasta shell in one, 2 in another, 3 in another and 4 in the last one. Label them a, b, c, d. The children will need to shake the pot and predict how many pasta shells there are in each pot. They will then open the pot to see how many shells are in the pot, to compare their prediction with the result. Reception Early Years Experiment Music Predictions x3 differentiated worksheets

Reception - Recognise Numbers to 10 Highlight/tick the number as you show your child flash cards. Write/type your children’s names along the left side of the table. I also use this to assess number formation. I make notes about reversing numbers or poor formation in the comments box.

Aimed at Reception children. I usually cut each hedgehog out into strips to make it easier for the child to concentrate on one hedgehog at a time.

Counting 1p and 2p Coins - Reception Numeracy DIfferentiated worksheets x4 My Reception children counted the coins in the purses and put the answers in the price tag.

I send this worksheet home with Tedi Twt’s story sack every Friday for the weekend. The children write the name of the Tedi Twt book that they read, and answer the questions. We share the worksheet and talk about Tedi Twt’s weekend on Monday during news.

Children will need to listen to the instruction read out by the teacher. This will help them to develop their understanding of ‘left’ and ‘right’. Worksheet - I’ve attached both copies, a PDF & an editable Word document. Direction cards - I’ve used these in the woodlands as part of an outdoor learning activity. Children take it in turns to choose 5 instructions. They put sequence them and then tell their partner how to get to a treasure box/x marks the spot. Direction cards - I’ve used these for BlueBot/BeeBot activities. Children sequence direction cards and then give their friend instructions to move BlueBot.

Includes 3 Word Level Pictures and sentences to read. Laminate and use as pairs/snap/splat etc. Adult must encourage the child to say the sentence correctly. Repeat the sentence correctly. Tick off the sentences and date when the child is able to read them correctly.

Halloween - Spider Counting to 10 This includes 2 games (PDF & Word documents to edit) Spider pegs - children will need to peg on the correct number of legs to match the number on the spider. Spider eyes - children will need to roll a dice to put the correct number of eyes on the spider. I use these games for Halloween & minibeasts.

PDF & Editable Word document included Flashcards of repeating patterns with 2D shapes to use in the enhanced provision as a stimulus to encourage the children to either copy or make their own repeating patterns. Cutting skills activity for a TA task or in the provision. Children need to colour in then cut out the 2D shape. Worksheet - look for the 2D shapes in the top half of the page. Write the correct number of shapes in the box. Worksheet - 2D shape hunt record answers in a table (Differentiated for 3 ability groups). Worksheet - tick the correct shape. Staff member to read out the sentence. E.g.‘Tick the circle’. Children need to search for the circle and tick it.

Valentine’s Day - Numeracy Provision Activity mats for the numeracy area in the provision. Children need to make the correct number of hearts out of play dough. Children need to build a tower of cubes to match the number on the heart. Hearts on numbers - order numbers

Early Years Literacy Children could either find letters hidden in the outdoor area/woodlands and record their answers as a tally chart on the worksheet. Alternative activities: Letter hunt in books Letter hunt around the school Find flashcards Included Word document (editable) and PDF copy.

2D Shape Scarecrow Early Years Maths / Numeracy I usually do this task in Autumn Term as part of our topic ‘Harvest’. Children need to cut out 2D shapes. Glue 2D shapes to make a scarecrow. Then children need to colour in a block diagram to show which / how many shapes they have used. I’ve included the Word document (editable) and a PDF copy.

Letter Formation Early Years Literacy / Phonics / Handwriting Encourage children to form letters correctly by first writing over the orange letter, then trying by themselves. An editable Word document and PDF copy has been included.

Queen’s Jubilee We were learning about money. We linked it to the Queen’s Jubilee. The children need to match the value of the stamp to the correct postcard. e.g. Miss West’s stamp is 19p. Can you find 19p? Can you make 10p using coins? How many ways can you make 19p? We used this in the provision whilst learning about the Jubilee. Then we wrote our own postcards about what we enjoyed during the Jubilee celebration.

Postcard Penguin On Holiday Early Years Literacy Children pretend to either be Penguin or Crab. They write a postcard to their friend talking about their holiday.

Measuring using non-standard units Early Years Maths / Numeracy