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EYFS Humpty Dumpty Ways to Make 5

EYFS Humpty Dumpty Ways to Make 5

EYFS Humpty Dumpty Ways to Make 5

This Humpty Dumpty ways to make 5 activity helps to develop children's understanding of number bonds to 5 by matching the different halves of Humpty Dumpty. There are blank cards included with the resource so that it could be extended to number bonds to 10. The activity could be completed practically with concrete resources to help ensure children fully understand the concept.

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Development Matters and Early Learning Goal Links:
3 and 4 year olds
Say one number for each item in order: 1,2,3,4,5.
Know that the last number reached when counting a small set of objects tells you how many there are in total (‘cardinal principle’).
Link numerals and amounts: for example, showing the right number of objects to match the numeral, up to 5.

Children in Reception
Count objects, actions and sounds.
Link the number symbol (numeral) with its cardinal number value.
Automatically recall number bonds for numbers 0–5 and some to 10.

Early Learning Goal
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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