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.

In this activity, having access to a mystery box will spark children's imagination and encourage them to describe what they notice about the box.

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 wrapped presents gives 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.

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