Unit A – Zoo Counting
This numeracy scheme of work for the Foundation Stage gets the children to count, compare and order sets of objects to twenty and identify the matching numbers using words and numerals. The class can use numbers of animals found in a zoo to demonstrate their understanding of numbers to twenty.
Count, compare and order sets of objects to twenty and identify the matching numbers using words and numerals
Lesson One : Words and Digits
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
Lesson Two : Next Numbers
Sequence, compare and match different numbers about visiting a zoo to twenty recorded in both words and numerical digits
Lesson Three : Animal Numbers
Investigate, order and compare each of the numbers to twenty written in words and digits to match animals that can be seen when visiting a zoo
Lesson Four : Number Lists
Count, read and write numbers to twenty that can match different quantities of food that can be fed to some of the animals that live in a zoo
Lesson Five : Number Boxes
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
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Butterflies
Investigate, describe and compare some of the different butterflies that can be found living in a garden area in the school grounds
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Measurement
Measure, compare and record the mass and capacity of different objects and containers using a range of non-standard measurements
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Word Halves
Identify and complete the halves of letters for different cvc words beginning with the initial phoneme sounds for matching alphabet letters
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Seaside Subtraction
Calculate and record the difference between pairs of numbers to ten by counting back to show numbers of items sold in a shop at the seaside