This numeracy teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to practise sharing different numbers of animals that live on a farm with counted sums to ten into matching equal groups of two.

The class can explain and illustrate how to use diagrams and concrete equipment to model how the numbers have been divided into the sets of matching groups.

Download this teaching pack including display posters, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to practise sharing different numbers of animals that live on a farm with counted sums to ten into matching equal groups of two

Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe different types of farm animals, a set of cards to practise sharing different numbers of farm animals to ten into groups of two and a template to record how to share different numbers of animals that live on a farm to ten into equal groups of two.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to share different numbers of animals that live on a farm to ten into matching equal groups of two,

This lesson is part of a numeracy scheme of work to get the children to identify and model how to share different numbers of objects to ten into matching groups of two using concrete equipment and pictorial diagrams. 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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