Marvellous Maths!

Springtime fun with numbers and counting!

Using dough to create and count when making an Easter egg or chick. 

Counting and collecting items when creating

All sorts of opportunities for us to apply our knowledge, understanding and skills for a purpose

Selecting objects by colour and counting out sets of different sizes

Counting out sets of objects with increasing accuracy and support. Fantastic effort!

Matching numerals and quantities. The blocks have either the numeral of arrays on them. Can you pair them up? Yes you can. Well done!

Decorating eggs - cutting, sticking and counting out, e.g. Five flowers, three eggs. Using mark mark making for a purpose, e.g. Writing a message inside card.

Hope you like them!

Challenge time!

Using dice, creating our own games, recording outcomes using mark making, developing understanding of language: add, together, more, less, altogether, take away...

Adding key items from a list to the garden

How many...? How many altogether? How many would there be if you took... away?

Super problem solving 

Counting up to and own from five, ten and beyond...!

Marvellous numeral writing friends!

Superb spaceships, robots, rockets, castles....!

Fun with Phonics

Experiences taken part in to support language and reading development:

Sounds Lotto

Silly Soup

Rhyming pairs

Listening Walk/ Moments

I spy names

Action rhymes and songs

Exploring instrumental sounds

Body percussion

Linking sounds to letters e.g. Noticing print around the room, hunting for letter shapes indoors and outdoors, identifying initial sounds in words (e.g. Names, fruit, toys)

Handa's Surprise

We are really enjoying sharing this story. 

Activities and experiences accessed so far:

Listening to and talking about the story

Using props to act out the story

Creating story maps 

Using masks to retell the story, taking on the role of a character of personal choice

Naming and describing fruit: how it looks and feels

Observational drawing of fruit, using different media

Exploring fruit (multi- sensory), including tasting and recording likes and dislikes using mark making

Creating peg puppet people with support

Learning songs and rhymes connected to theme as well as taking part in music and dance related session

Mother's Day 'Come to tea'

Thank you for joining us.

We hope you enjoyed it!

Thank you for listening to us trying so hard to sing new rhymes we have been learning especially for you. We hope you liked your cards and pictures:-)