Week 8 - 8th June 2020
Simple Number Problems
For the next two weeks we will be developing your child's problem solving and reasoning skills with simple number problems such as missing numbers, ordering numbers and building upon our knowledge of the number before/after by finding one more and one less than a given number. Don't forget to complete a warm up game before completing your daily numeracy challenge. Remember these skills are new to your child so may need lots of encouragement and repetition.
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Warm Up games
HopscotchRecap your child's number recognition skills with a game of hopscotch.
If you want to take the game indoors why not draw it out on paper from 1-6 and roll a dice, count the dots on the dice and move a small toy or doll to the correct square on your hopscotch baord. |
Number BeatsThis game develops listening and attention skills, counting skills and early mental maths skills. Use a wooden spoon to make beats from 1-5 on the back of a pan. Ask your child to listen carefully to the beats and count them in their head. Can they tell you how many beats they heard/counted when you have finished. For an extra challenge you could have number cards from 1-5 on display and ask your child to show you the number of beats they heard. This is a very tricky game and will need lots of practise.
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Number memory match.For this game you need two sets of cards numbered 1-5. Mix the cards up and place them face down. Each player will then take turns to turn over two cards. The aim of the game is to find matching number pairs during your turn. The player with the most pairs wins. You could extend this game by using numbers 1-10 or even using shapes / colours.
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Problem Solving Activities
1,2,3,4,5 Once I caught a fish alive number ordering.
Listen to the song 12345 Once I caught a fish alive and sing along. Make your own fish props for the song and number them 1-5 ( you can extend this to 10 if your child is secure to 5). Encourage your child to lay their numbered fish in the correct order as they sing the song. Shuffle the cards and support your child to place them in order independently.
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Lego number Ordering
Use a washable pen to draw the number 1-5/10 on some lego bricks. Encourage your child to build the tower together in the correct order. Once your child has successfully completed this independently and without support try to build the tower placing one number in an incorrect place, can your child spot the mistake in the order and correct it?
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Cut and Stick number ordering
For this activity encourage your child to cut the numbered objects out and first set them in a line in the right order. Write a number line from 1-5/10 to help your child match the numbers if they find this difficult. Once your child has ordered the numbers practically they can stick them onto the frame in the correct order. This activity can be done using the numbers 1-5 or 1-10 depending on your child's level of confidence, please only introduce numbers 6-10 once your child is secure with numbers 1-5. Click on the link below to download the activity, if you don't have access to a printer this activity is easy to recreate at home by drawing a table with 5/10 boxes and writing the numbers 1-5/10 below for cutting and sticking.
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Finding ' one more than' a given number 1-5 - Counting pasta
For this activity we will be building on the knowledge we gained when we worked on finding the 'number after' any given number from 1-5.
Before beginning this activity recap the number after activities in week 2 of the learning zone. Use the caterpillar number line you created to help you. For this activity you will need some playdoh, a piece of spaghetti or a straw, some beads or penne pasta shapes and the number cards 1-5 you created for our warm up games. Place the cards face down and ask your child to turn one over. Can they read the number and thread the correct number of beads/pasta onto the spaghetti? Now ask you child to add one more bead and practically count how many beads there are altogether. Repeat this activity until all the number cards have been used. |
One More Than Dice Activity
For this activity we will be continuing to develop the idea of adding one more to get a total number. You will need a dice and some small counters or toys - any toys such as teddies, cars, lego will work, you could even use smarties, strawberries or raisins to give the game a tasty twist.
To play the game ask you child to roll the dice and count out the correct number of items. Once they have done this can they 'add one more' and practically count each item to see how many they have altogether. Don't forget you can use your number line to help your child if you need to. Use the language 'add one more', 'how many altogether' and 'one more than____ is ____ '. |