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Animal Masses

This numeracy scheme of work for the Foundation Stage gets the children to practise comparing and recording the masses of some different animals using special vocabulary words for their matching sizes. The class can make lists of animals to match non-standard measurements for mass.

Animal Sizes
Explore how to identify and match sets of statements to describe and compare the sizes of some different animals that can be found in habitats around the world

Animals Heavier or Lighter
Practise identifying, comparing and matching sets of written statements to describe the mass of some different types of animals
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Classroom
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Shape Patterns
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Supermarkets
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