Activities and Resources

England: National Numeracy Strategy: Reception

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	Sorting between different size stones and choosing the ones that can fit into the bottle.		Add this to your personal activity list
	Learning objectives/outcomes: (NNS) Sort and match objects.
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	Practising simple counting to 5.		Add this to your personal activity list
	Learning objectives/outcomes: (NNS/ ELG) Count reliably up to 10 everyday objects (first to 5).
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	Practising simple counting & sorting to 5.		Add this to your personal activity list
	Learning objectives/outcomes: (NNS/ ELG) Count reliably up to 10 everyday objects (first to 5). (NNS) Sort and match objects.
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	Practising simple counting to 10.		Add this to your personal activity list
	Learning objectives/outcomes: (NNS/ ELG) Count reliably up to 10 everyday objects.
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	Practising simple counting & sorting to 10		Add this to your personal activity list
	Learning objectives/outcomes: (NNS/ ELG) Count reliably up to 10 everyday objects. (NNS) Sort and match objects.
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	Identifying and matching pairs of pictures in a well known pelmanism game.		Add this to your personal activity list
	Learning objectives/outcomes: NNS Reception: Sort and match objects.
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	Sort the ladybirds on the right leaves according to their colour, size, and number of spots.		Add this to your personal activity list
	Learning objectives/outcomes: ELG) Use developing mathematical ideas and methods to solve practical problems. NNS Reception: Sort and match objects. Y1: Organising and using data 90-93: Solve a given problem by sorting, classifying and organising information in simple ways, such as using objects or pictures.
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	Practising using left/right and other directions to direct the turtle round the maze.		Add this to your personal activity list
	Learning objectives/outcomes: ELG Use everyday words to describe position, direction and movement. NNS Y1: Shape and space 86,88: Use everyday language to describe position, direction and movement. NC: Pupils should be taught to observe, visualise and describe positions, directions and movements using common words.
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	Help Delia Drip make patterns on the seabed. An extension to What Comes Next?		Add this to your personal activity list
	Learning objectives/outcomes: ELG: Talk about, recognise and recreate simple patterns. NNS Y1: Organising and using data 90-93: Solve a given problem by sorting, classifying and organising information in simple ways, such as using objects or pictures. NC KS1: Ma3 Shape, space and measures 1e: recognise simple spatial patterns and relationships and make predictions about them.
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	Identifying and matching pairs of pictures.		Add this to your personal activity list
	Learning objectives/outcomes: NNS Reception: Sort and match objects.
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	Ordering items of clothing in the order you put them on.		Add this to your personal activity list
	Learning objectives/outcomes: NNS Reception: Sort and match objects, pictures or themselves. Y1: Organising and using data 90-93: solve a given problem by sorting, classifying and organising information in simple ways, such as using objects or pictures. NC Ma3 Shape, space and measures 1e: recognise simple spatial patterns and relationships and make predictions about them
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	Help the Yaboos by sorting out the things they find there. This exercise is aimed to teach early years children about patterns and sequencing.		Add this to your personal activity list
	Learning objectives/outcomes: ELG: Talk about, recognise and recreate simple patterns. NNS Y1: Organising and using data 90-93: Solve a given problem by sorting, classifying and organising information in simple ways, such as using objects or pictures. NC KS1: Ma3 Shape, space and measures 1e: recognise simple spatial patterns and relationships and make predictions about them.
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