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Christmas Maths Provision Enhancement

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This EYFS Christmas Maths Provision Enhancement resource includes a variety of activities to enhance provision within the classroom over a range of areas. Some examples of activities include counting the 'snowballs' into the container, building a chimney for Santa and measuring it, and designing wrapping paper using a repeating pattern.  Their are a range of ideas provided for the children to access the activities independently, but also ideas for adult-led tasks too.

 

It covers the following objectives for children in reception:

Count objects, actions and sounds
Link the number symbol (numeral) with its cardinal number value

Compare length, weight and capacity


Curriculum Objectives

  • 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
  • There is no Early Learning Goal for shape, space and measures, but it is important that the curriculum includes rich opportunities for children to develop their spatial reasoning skills across all areas of mathematics