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Counting Loops

This numeracy scheme of work for the Foundation Stage gets the children to identify and model how to count in different steps to twenty working with concrete equipment and pictorial diagrams to complete each set of numbers. The class can produce some example cards to create their own counting loops.

Counting Loops Ones
Practise completing and matching sequences showing the numbers to twenty when counting in steps of one using concrete equipment and shape diagrams

Counting Loops Twos
Practise completing and matching sequences showing the numbers to twenty when counting in steps of two using concrete equipment and shape diagrams
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Speaking Skills
Explain and model how to use voices clearly and expressively when interacting with others in different situations and scenarios
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School Friends
Investigate, describe and model some of the special ways of providing practical, spiritual and emotional support to other pupils in the school
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School Pictograms
Explore how to count and record the numbers of different pieces of school equipment that can be found in trays stored around the classroom
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Listening Skills
Develop and refine listening skills when practising how to follow commands and instructions when playing games and role-playing actions