This numeracy teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to explore and record how to move pairs of cubes to match some special vocabulary words describing their position for front, behind and opposite.

The class can practise giving instructions to control and move each other as a model robot character when moving to some different positions around the classroom.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explore and record how to move pairs of cubes to match some special vocabulary words describing their position for front, behind and opposite

Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to select the correct special vocabulary words to describe the position of different objects and a set of cards to select and arrange some different pairs of shapes to match the vocabulary words for their correct positions.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to move pairs of cubes to match special vocabulary words describing their position for front, behind and opposite,

This lesson is part of a numeracy scheme of work to get the children to explain and model how to control the direction and position of a robot when moving about the classroom to perform different functions. 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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