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EYFS Guess How Many Learning Activity – Spring

Guess How Many EYFS Game

Mathematics: EYFS Guess How Many Learning Activity - Spring

This learning activity enables children to develop the skills of estimating and subitising up to 10 objects. They are encouraged to guess how many images they can see, for example three flowers. The adult should allow children to quickly see the image before hiding the card to prevent children from being able to count! Children shout out their guesses, or record on whiteboards, before the adult turns the card over to reveal the numeral. Children compare their estimate to the actual number of objects.

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This pack includes:

  • EYFS Guess How Many activity pages with a spring theme.
  • EYFS Guess How Many suggested questions and uses.
  • EYFS Guess How Many 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-1) Develop fast recognition of up to 3 objects, without having to count them individually (‘subitising’).
(M-4) Know that the last number reached when counting a small set of objects tells you how many there are in total.
(M-6) Link numerals and amounts: for example, showing the right number of objects to match the numeral, up to 5.
Children in Reception
(M-22) Subitise.
(M-23) Link the number symbol (numeral) with its cardinal number value.
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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