Early years size

This activity encourages children to practise their sharing and counting skills by putting small objects into some baskets.

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

This task provides an opportunity for children to work together to make a picture, discussing with each other which position they want to put each shape in.

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

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

Comparing the wrapped presents in this activity will give children the chance to explore and discuss weight, including the idea that large objects aren't necessarily the heaviest.

This activity provides an engaging context for children to consider the space they will allocate for some 'small world' toys, and how many toys they will be able to fit into the space.

In this task, children are encouraged to spot pairs of socks and to order the socks by size and length on the washing line.

Using the spring scale in this activity provides an engaging context in which children can explore and discuss the weight of different objects.