This numeracy teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to count and match different numbers of animals that can be seen when visiting a zoo to twenty that have been recorded in both words and numerical digits.

The class can use concrete objects to support their counting of each of the different numbers to twenty to show the matching groups of zoo animals.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to count and match different numbers of animals that can be seen when visiting a zoo to twenty that have been recorded in both words and numerical digits

Activities in this teaching pack include a worksheet to identify and record sets of counted numbers of objects written in both words and numerical digits and a set of cards to select and read different numbers in words and record the matching digits to twenty.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore different numbers of objects to twenty that have been recorded in both words and numerical digits.

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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