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Easter Shapes

This numeracy scheme of work for the Foundation Stage gets the children to identify and describe the properties of different 2D shapes when creating food snacks and decorations to celebrate Easter. The class can explain what make a shape special and unique from some other shapes.

Easter Flowers
Practise making models of different flower shapes to produce decorations for Easter by melting and shaping chocolate to create a range of food snacks

Bunny Biscuits
Explore and model how to bake a selection of biscuits using different 2D shapes that can be used to represent Easter themes and celebrations

Easter Cakes
Practise using coloured marzipan to create a range of different symbols and shapes that can be used to decorate cup cakes to serve at a family party for Easter
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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
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Animal Alphabet
Practise finding information in non-fiction books about some of the different animals that live around the world