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Broad Topics > Admin > Lower primary mapping documentYou'll need two dice to play this game against a partner. Will Incey Wincey make it to the top of the drain pipe or the bottom of the drain pipe first?
The computer has made a rectangle and will tell you the number of spots it uses in total. Can you find out where the rectangle is?
This activity focuses on similarities and differences between shapes.
This task depends on learners sharing reasoning, listening to opinions, reflecting and pulling ideas together.
This task requires learners to explain and help others, asking and answering questions.
A task which depends on members of the group working collaboratively to reach a single goal.
This is a game for two players. Can you find out how to be the first to get to 12 o'clock?
Make a chair and table out of interlocking cubes, making sure that the chair fits under the table!
If you split the square into these two pieces, it is possible to fit the pieces together again to make a new shape. How many new shapes can you make?
This is an adding game for two players. Can you be the first to reach the target?
Matching Numbers game for an adult and child. Can you remember where the cards are so you can choose two which match?
Totality game for an adult and child. Be the first to reach your agreed total.
Dotty Six game for an adult and child. Will you be the first to have three sixes in a straight line?
Strike it Out game for an adult and child. Can you stop your partner from being able to go?
Shut the Box game for an adult and child. Can you turn over the cards which match the numbers on the dice?
Incey Wincey Spider game for an adult and child. Will Incey get to the top of the drainpipe?
Board Block game for two. Can you stop your partner from being able to make a shape on the board?
Seeing Squares game for an adult and child. Can you come up with a way of always winning this game?
Nim-7 game for an adult and child. Who will be the one to take the last counter?
Stop the Clock game for an adult and child. How can you make sure you always win this game?
Arranging counters activity for adult and child. Can you create the pattern of counters that your partner has made, just by asking questions?
Guess the Houses game for an adult and child. Can you work out which house your partner has chosen by asking good questions?
Can you spot circles, spirals and other types of curves in these photos?
Look at some of the patterns in the Olympic Opening ceremonies and see what shapes you can spot.
Can you find different ways of showing the same number? Try this matching game and see!
How many legs do each of these creatures have? How many pairs is that?
Daisy and Akram were making number patterns. Daisy was using beads that looked like flowers and Akram was using cube bricks. First they were counting in twos.
Try to picture these buildings of cubes in your head. Can you make them to check whether you had imagined them correctly?
Use cubes to continue making the numbers from 7 to 20. Are they sticks, rectangles or squares?
Take it in turns to make a triangle on the pegboard. Can you block your opponent?
Arrange any number of counters from these 18 on the grid to make a rectangle. What numbers of counters make rectangles? How many different rectangles can you make with each number of counters?
Take three differently coloured blocks - maybe red, yellow and blue. Make a tower using one of each colour. How many different towers can you make?