Early years number sense

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    Eightness of Eight

    Age
    5 to 7
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    What do you see as you watch this video? Can you create a similar video for the number 12?

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    Dice

    Age
    3 to 5

    This dice activity encourages children to relate the number on the dice to the number of teddies they need to choose.

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    Number Rhymes

    Age
    3 to 5

    In this activity, the rhyme 'Ten Green Bottles' is used to encourage children to count backwards to work out how many bottles are left.

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    Shopping - Pirate Poundland

    Age
    3 to 5

    In the pirate pound shop, children can practise their counting skills by choosing ten items to spend their ten pounds on.

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    Show Me

    Age
    3 to 5

    In this task, children will learn different ways of representing the same number.

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    Sock Washing Line

    Age
    3 to 5

    In this task, children are encouraged to spot pairs of socks and to order the socks by size and length on the washing line.

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    The Spring Scale

    Age
    3 to 5

    Using the spring scale in this activity provides an engaging context in which children can explore and discuss the weight of different objects.

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    Counting Collections in the Early Years

    In this article for practitioners, Cath Gripton and Deliah Pawluch explore the 'counting collections' approach, which encourages children to spend time playing and experimenting with counting.

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