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What A Lot!' – Car Showroom: An idea for maths problem-solving

Judith Dancer

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Carole Skinner

Activity

...Focus Classifying, sorting, counting, adding, subtracting and being involved.What you need Some unfamiliar trucks and cars and some old favourites – ensure these include metal, plastic and wooden vehicles, which can be sorted in different...

Snowman Advent chain: Count down the days to Christmas

Judith Harries

Activity

...Introduction Use this clever Advent calendar made from a snowman paper chain to count down the days to Christmas with the children in your setting. Each day ask a child to remove one of the links from the chain. As the snowman shrinks...

Wind-Up Toys: An idea for maths problem-solving

Judith Dancer

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Carole Skinner

Activity

...Focus Shape and space, positional language and describing results.What you need A selection of wind-up clockwork toys and automatic cars Paint and brushes, large pieces of paper TimersWhat you do Play with the wind-up toys alongside...

Shelter (Spring): An idea for being outside in all weathers

Sally Featherstone

Activity

...What you need a large sheet of plastic, preferably transparent (a cheap shower curtain is good value) bricks or large stones a rope or pole between two fixing points, or two supports such as painting easels, trolleys or climbing apparatus...

Calculating: Mr Archimedes' Bath: An idea using a story for maths

Neil Griffiths

Activity

...Focus Mr Archimedes can’t understand how the water from his bath gets all over the floor! He shares his bath with some animal friends and tries to find out what happens when they all get in. Water play on a large scale!Keywords kangaroo...

From A To B: An idea for maths problem-solving

Judith Dancer

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Carole Skinner

Activity

...Focus Measures – weight; co-operating and finding new ways to do things.What you need A building site in the outdoor area – include hard hats, builders’ buckets, small buckets, shovels, spades, water, sand, pebbles, gravel, guttering...

String A Balloon: An idea for messy play

Sally Featherstone

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...What you need soft string or wool wallpaper (cellulose) wallpaper paste (non-fungicidal) balloons small bowls spoons or sticks for stirring scissors warm soapy waterHelpful hints Use clothes pegs to hold the string in the paint. Put...

Fruit Bowl: An idea for measures

Carole Skinner

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Judith Stevens

Activity

...What are they learning? Measures – weight; finding ways to solve problemsWhat you need A range of fruit including apples, oranges, grapefruit, bananas and grapes A fruit bowlWhat you do Discuss the different fruit in the bowl and encourage...

Keep-Fit Centre: An idea for maths problem-solving

Judith Dancer

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Carole Skinner

Activity

...Focus Explaining and identifying patterns, using the language of measurement to describe size, and describing solutions to practical problems.What you need Skipping ropes, hoops Exercise mats, stopwatches, whistles, sand timers, mirror Head...

Junk Deconstructors: An idea using free and found objects

Julie Mountain

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...What are they learning? Gross and fine motor skills; hand-eye co-ordination; problem solving; enquiring mindWhat you need Unwanted household objects: simple items such as small chair or a fan and more complex items such as a DVD player...