Lesson One – Words and Digits

This numeracy teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to identify, count and record different numbers of animals that live in a zoo to twenty and identify the matching numeral digits and vocabulary words for each number.
The class can play a paired game to select and match different numbers that have been recorded in both written words and numerical digits to match sums to twenty.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to identify, count and record different numbers of animals that live in a zoo to twenty and identify the matching numeral digits and vocabulary words for each number
Activities in this teaching pack include a set of cards to select and match numbers to twenty recorded in words and digits to their corresponding number of shapes and a worksheet to play a game to identify and match numbers to six recorded in words and numerical digits.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to count and record different numbers of objects to twenty and identify matching numerals and words.
This lesson is part of a numeracy scheme of work to get the children to count, compare and order sets of objects to twenty and identify the matching numbers using words and numerals. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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