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Tree Baubles

This numeracy teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to practise counting and recording the numbers of decorations that might be displayed on a Christmas tree to twenty using words and digits.
The class can design and make some example baubles using a range of materials to hang on the class Christmas tree to match the counted numbers to twenty.
Download this teaching pack including classroom activities and an interactive presentation to practise counting and recording the numbers of decorations that might be displayed on a Christmas tree to twenty using words and digits
Activities in this teaching pack include worksheets to model how to count and record different numbers of baubles to twenty using numbers written in digits and a template to select and create a matching number of baubles to display on the class Christmas tree.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to count and record numbers of decorations displayed on a Christmas tree to twenty using words and digits.
This lesson is part of a numeracy scheme of work to get the children to practise counting and recording different numbers of Christmas objects to twenty using their matching numerical digits and vocabulary words. 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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