Focused Learning

Organiser: Number, money and measure - Number and number processes

Learning outcome: I have explored numbers, understanding that they represent quantities and I can use them to count on, create sequences and describe order. (MNU0-02a)

Numeracy and mathematics area / Sand / Water
·  Interactive number washing line at children’s height
·  Matching sets to numbers
·  Magnetic numbers
·  Number display with a book, objects and numerals
·  Number jigsaws
·  A booked created by children after a “Number walk” around the nursery or/and outside
·  Number lines horizontal and vertical.
·  / ·  Sahara box with number cards for them to copy using their fingers.
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Construction area / Technology / Craft area
·  When children build towers staff to encourage counting and appropriate vocabulary. E.g; How many more do you need to be the same as…?
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·  / ·  Recognising numerals computer programme, matching numbers to objects.
·  “ Fizzi’s numbers” CD room
·  Education City programmes.
·  / ·  Planning how to design a necklace. First drawing a grid of how many beads and what colours then making the necklaces.
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Book corner / Music / Malleable materials table
·  Number books
·  Stories with counting on them: “10 in the bed”, “The very hungry caterpillar” by Eric Carle, “1001 Monster things to spot” by Gillian Doherty.
·  Nursery number Rhymes: Two little Dicky birds, 1, 2,3,4,5 once I caught a fish alive.
·  Number information books / ·  Number songs helped by visuals, e.g.
“Little snowmen” children can act out this song and have a number on each hat.
·  Number song book for children to use.
·  / ·  Number cutters
·  Plastecine and laminated numbers for children to trace with the plastecine.
·  Plastecine numbers
·  Number book
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Writing/drawing table / House corner / Role play area
·  Make book of numerals cut out of magazines
·  Number line for children to copy numbers if they wish
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·  / ·  Washing line with clothes, staff to encourage counting and use of mathematical vocabulary, e.g.: How many socks? Do you have more t-shirts?, etc.
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Snack/Baking area / Outside/Gym / Table top games
·  Counting at snack (1 biscuit, 2 pieces of apple and 3 grapes)
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·  / ·  A number line where children stand on and can move along
·  Clap and count, counting steps and counting jumps.
·  Number songs and rhymes.
·  Hoops or baskets to throw bean bags (counting how many)
·  Making and counting sets of natural materials. / ·  Table top games such as: domino, dice games, snap and other board number games
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Small group work
·  Discussion about environmental numbers. Number walks “Where can we find numbers”. Making a book about it with photos, drawings and children’s comments.
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Key Vocabulary: Count, match, sort, ore/less than, the same as, enough/not enough, big/bigger/biggest, small/smaller/smallest, most/least, before/after

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