This numeracy teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to identify and record how to use counting on to add pairs of money amounts to ten pence to record the presents that have been placed in a stocking.

The class can practise using concrete objects and diagrams to model counting on when adding pairs of numbers to calculate the price of each stocking.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to identify and record how to use counting on to add pairs of money amounts to ten pence to record the presents that have been placed in a stocking

Activities in this teaching pack include a template to record and count pairs of money amounts to ten pence to record presents that have been placed in a Christmas stocking and worksheets to identify and record the numbers of pennies that can match different money amounts.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to use counting on to add pairs of money amounts to ten pence to record presents in a stocking.

This lesson is part of a numeracy scheme of work to get the children to solve a range of money problems about different things that families might need to buy to celebrate Christmas by adding money amounts within twenty. 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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