EYFS Hey Diddle Diddle Maths Adult-Led Activities

EYFS Hey Diddle Diddle Maths Adult-Led Activities

These Hey Diddle Diddle practical maths activities are adult-led with a clear and easy to follow structure. Sharing, odd and even, comparing numbers and one more and one less are all covered within this resource. A session could involve all the activities or a selection based on the needs of the children.

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Development Matters and Early Learning Goal Links:
3 and 4 year olds
Link numerals and amounts: for example, showing the right number of objects to match the numeral, up to 5.
Solve real world mathematical problems with numbers up to 5.
Compare quantities using language: ‘more than’, ‘fewer than’.

Children in Reception
Compare numbers.
Understand the ‘one more than/one less than’ relationship between consecutive numbers.
Explore the composition of numbers to 10.
Automatically recall number bonds for numbers 0–5 and some to 10.

Early Learning Goal
Have a deep understanding of number to 10, including the composition of each number;
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.
Compare quantities up to 10 in different contexts, recognising when one quantity is greater than, less than or the same as the other quantity;
Explore and represent patterns within numbers up to 10, including evens and odds, double facts and how quantities can be distributed equally.

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