Have fun developing counting skills with the cow from this well-known nursery rhyme!

These Hey Diddle Diddle Adult-Led 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 activities or a selection based on the needs of the children.

It covers the following objectives for 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 05 and some to 10.