Early years comparing numbers

  • Counting Collections in the Early Years
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    Counting collections in the early years

    In this article for practitioners, Cath Gripton and Deliah Pawluch explore the 'counting collections' approach, which encourages children to spend time playing and experimenting with counting.
  • How long are you?
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    How long are you?

    Age
    3 to 5
    Children use everyday language to talk about size, to compare quantities and objects and to solve problems
  • Beat the Clock
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    Beat the clock

    Age
    3 to 5
    Children use everyday language to talk about time, to compare quantities and to solve problems
  • Maths Story Time
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    Maths story time

    Age
    3 to 5
    This story provides an engaging context for children to share out the treasure fairly among the characters.
  • The Voting Station
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    The voting station

    Age
    3 to 5
    This task encourages children to count and compare numbers when using 'voting bricks' to vote for a book at story time.
  • Using Books: \The Doorbell Rang
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    Using books: The Doorbell Rang

    Age
    3 to 5
    In this activity, the book 'The Doorbell Rang' by Pat Hutchins provides an engaging context in which children can explore sharing.
  • Timing
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    Timing

    Age
    3 to 5
    In this task, children will practise using a variety of timers to work out how many items they can put into a jar before the time finishes.
  • Packing
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    Packing

    Age
    3 to 5
    This activity involves sorting toys into categories by using comparing and classifying skills.
  • Number Book
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    Number book

    Age
    3 to 5
    Creating a 'Book of Four' provides an opportunity for children to collect groups of four objects and consider how the groups of objects are similar.
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