Lesson One – Counting Peas
This numeracy teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to practise counting and labelling different numbers and quantities of types of vegetables using matching counted sums to five.
The class can use concrete objects to support the counting of quantities of different vegetables to five which can be recorded using their matching numerical digits.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to practise counting and labelling different numbers and quantities of types of vegetables using matching counted sums to five
Activities in this teaching pack include a set of cards to make models of different types of vegetables to match each of the numbers to five written in digits and a template to record the counted numbers of different types of vegetables to match each of the numbers to five.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to count and label different numbers and quantities of objects including vegetables to five.
This lesson is part of a numeracy scheme of work to get the children to practise counting and labelling sets of different objects by writing and matching the numerals for each of the numbers to five. 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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