Maths at Home: Age 3-5

Below is a collection from our Early Years Foundation Stage activities which are suitable for parents and children to explore at home together. We hope you enjoy being mathematical as a family! You may also like to read our article Developing Pattern Awareness with Young Children.

This collection is part of our Maths at Home collection.

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    Making Footprints

    Age
    3 to 5

    In this activity, children will develop an awareness of the faces of 3D shapes by using them to make 'footprints' in soft dough.

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    Long Creatures

    Age
    3 to 5

    In this task, making a variety of long creatures out of card will provide an opportunity for children to discuss and compare lengths.

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    Packing

    Age
    3 to 5

    This activity involves sorting toys into categories by using comparing and classifying skills.

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    Tubes and Tunnels

    Age
    3 to 5

    When investigating these tubes, children will have the opportunity to practise using everyday language to talk about length, size and position.

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    Dice

    Age
    3 to 5

    This dice activity encourages children to relate the number on the dice to the number of teddies they need to choose.

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    Mud Kitchen

    Age
    3 to 5

    When playing in this mud kitchen, children will be using the language of size and capacity to choose utensils for different tasks.

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    Cooking With Children

    Age
    3 to 5

    By following some simple recipes in this task, children can practise the skills of measuring and counting ingredients.

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    Number Book

    Age
    3 to 5

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

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    Pattern Making

    Age
    3 to 5

    In this activity, there are lots of different patterns for children to make, describe and extend.

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    Small World Play

    Age
    3 to 5

    This activity provides an engaging context for children to consider the space they will allocate for some 'small world' toys.

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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

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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

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    Can You Build This?

    Age
    3 to 5

    Children explore characteristics of shapes, using everyday and mathematical language to describe them, talk about positions, and solve problems.

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