Year 1 Exploring and noticing

A group of animals has made a seesaw in the woods. How can you make the seesaw balance?

Try grouping the dominoes in the ways described. Are there any left over each time? Can you explain why?

Can you put these shapes in order of size? Start with the smallest.

An old game with lots of arithmetic!

Can you each work out what shape you have part of on your card? What will the rest of it look like?

If you have ten counters numbered 1 to 10, how many can you put into pairs that add to 10? Which ones do you have to leave out? Why?

Dotty Six is a simple dice game that you can adapt in many ways.

There are three versions of this challenge. The idea is to change the colour of all the spots on the grid. Can you do it in fewer throws of the dice?

A group of children are discussing the height of a tall tree. How would you go about finding out its height?

For this activity which explores capacity, you will need to collect some bottles and jars.

In this activity focusing on capacity, you will need a collection of different jars and bottles.

Make one big triangle so the numbers that touch on the small triangles add to 10.

Can you find two butterflies to go on each flower so that the numbers on each pair of butterflies adds to the number on their flower?

In Sam and Jill's garden there are two sorts of ladybirds with 7 spots or 4 spots. What numbers of total spots can you make?

These pieces of wallpaper need to be ordered from smallest to largest. Can you find a way to do it?

Pat counts her sweets in different groups and both times she has some left over. How many sweets could she have had?

What is the greatest number of squares you can make by overlapping three squares?