Numeracy Term One Planning

Discover some schemes of work, lesson plans, classroom worksheets and interactive activities to develop skills in numeracy for Reception aged children in the Foundation Stage covering counting and numbers to ten, finding one more and one less, identifying shapes, using non-standard measurements, working with money and presenting data using pictograms

(A) Counting

Count, record and compare sets of different objects to ten and identify the matching numbers using numerals

(B) Numbers

Practise counting and labelling sets of different objects by writing and matching the numerals for each of the numbers to five

(C) One More

Count and record numbers of different objects that are one more than numbers to ten by using objects around the school and in the local area

(D) One Less

Identify and record counted sets of objects that are one less than different numbers to ten on the theme of farms and farming

(E) Shapes

Identify, describe and compare different 2D shapes by their individual shape properties including numbers of sides and corners

(F) Measurement

Practise and model different ways of measuring and comparing the length, height, volume, capacity and mass of different objects by using counting skills

(K) Christmas Shopping

Solve a range of money problems about different things that families might need to buy to celebrate Christmas by adding money amounts within twenty

  • Vehicles

    Vehicles

    Identify, describe and compare some of the different journeys that can be made by bus, train or plane for a range of purposes by families

  • School Counting

    School Counting

    Explain and model how to count, order and compare the numbers of special tools and equipment that can be used when working in school lessons

  • Family Visits

    Family Visits

    Practise selecting different vocabulary words to use when completing and composing poems about family visits to different locations

  • Push and Pull

    Push and Pull

    Identify, describe and test some of the different pushing and pulling forces that can be used to move a range of objects