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Improving Numeracy with Our Valentine’s Sums Machine!

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Valentine's Sums Machine

Making adding up fun!

It’s that time of year again…! Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and it’s the school holidays so it’s time to keep the little ones busy. Miss 6 has sums to practice during the holidays and following the success with our “Frozen” Reading Machine, I thought it would be fun to try a very simple Valentine’s Sums/Addition Machine….

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Filed Under: Learn Tagged With: addition, maths, numeracy, sums, valentine's

Number Stones and Sequencing Practice

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Number Stones Main Collage

Miss 6 has been having some trouble with her numbers and her teacher recently asked that we practice number sequencing at home. We had previously collected lots of small pebbles from the river and so we dug them out. Miss 6 got to work writing out numbers from zero to 30 on the pebbles.…

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Make your own Top Trumps! Numeracy, Literacy & Writing Practice [Updated 2020]

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Why should you create your own top trumps?

Top Trump - monster card

They are great for practising numeracy, writing and spelling skills – not to mention getting those creative juices flowing! They are also fun to play with during long travel journeys or if you’re stuck at home during lockdown!…

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Filed Under: Create, Learn Tagged With: creativity, drawing, numeracy, spelling, top trumps

Egg Carton Colour Sorting & Number Recognition

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Colour Sorting & No Recognition (1a)

This is a very simple activity to set up for your little ones – save up some different coloured lids and an empty egg box.

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Filed Under: Learn Tagged With: colours, fine motor-skills, numbers, numeracy, preschool, recycling

Counting with Walnuts

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We really enjoyed making our Autumn Trees and after they had been displayed around the house for a little while, I thought we could use them for some more fun.

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Filed Under: Create, Learn Tagged With: autumn, counting, fall, fine motor-skills, kitchen roll, learn, numeracy, one-to-one correspondence, play, playdough

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