Early years comparing numbers

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

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

This activity involves filling a jar with small objects to encourage estimation and counting skills.

By making 'caterpillars' in this activity, children will have an opportunity to practise using language of length and width, as well as using non-standard measures to compare lengths.

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.

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

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.

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

This task encourages children to count and compare numbers when using 'voting bricks' to vote for a book at story time.