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Christmas Roll and Cover

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Provision
Group work
An image of the Christmas Roll and Cover Resource


This EYFS Christmas Roll and Cover activity is a festive-themed game designed for children to subitise and identify the correct numeral. Pupils will roll a dice and cover the pictures on their sheet with the corresponding numeral. The first player to cover all their numbers is the winner. This activity is ideal for use in provision areas or small groups.

 

It covers the following objectives for children in reception:

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


Curriculum Objectives

  • Have a deep understanding of number to 10, including the composition of each number
  • Subitise (recognise quantities without counting) up to 5