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EYFS Adding using Objects Learning Activity

EYFS Adding Two Single-Digit Numbers - Counting On Game

EYFS Adding using Objects Learning Activity - Practical Addition Activity

This learning activity enables children to consolidate their understanding of Adding using Objects but focuses more on Practical Addition. Throughout the resource, there are a range of pictorial calculations and children are encouraged to count on from the first amount.

Download our EYFS Development Matters Statement codes.

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What's included in the pack?
This pack includes:

  • EYFS Adding using Objects activity pages in nine different themes.
  • EYFS Adding using Objects suggested questions and uses.
  • EYFS Adding using Objects observation sheet with suggested links to other areas of learning and development, and characteristics of effective learning.

Development Matters Statement Links

3 and 4 year olds

(M-3) Say one number for each item in order: 1,2,3,4,5.
(M-4) Know that the last number reached when counting a small set of objects tells you how many there are in total (‘cardinal principle’).

Children in Reception
(M-21) Count objects, actions and sounds.
(M-24) Count beyond ten.
(M-27) Explore the composition of numbers to 10.

Early Learning Goal
- Have a deep understanding of number to 10, including the composition of each number;
- Subitise (recognise quantities without counting) up to 5;
- Automatically recall (without reference to rhymes, counting or other aids) number bonds up to 5 (including subtraction facts) and some number bonds to 10, including double facts.

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