What’s included in the Matching Objects to Numerals (0-20) Provision Enhancement Prompts and why is it useful?

EYFS Matching Objects to Numerals (0-20) Provision Enhancement Prompts is a set of challenge cards for practising matching objects to numerals from 0 to 20 across your continuous provision. It covers these areas: Maths, Construction/STEM, Small World, Creative, Home Corner, Fine Motor, Writing, Malleable, Tuff Tray, Sand, Water, Snack and Outdoor.

Challenge Cards

Each card has a short challenge and a clear picture, such as “Build a tower to match the numeral.” or “Paint this many handprints.”

Advice and Ideas

Next to each pair of cards, the Advice and Ideas panel tells adults how to set up the activity and what to ask, from threading beads to match a numeral to fishing out a ball and counting that many sea animals.

Example Activities

• Small World: find the digger to match the stones
• Home Corner: count out the correct number of sausages
• Malleable: make this many balls of playdough

How do our Provision Enhancement Prompts work?

Print the pages, cut out the challenge cards for the areas you have, and put each one in a frame in the matching provision area. Then set out the resources listed in the Advice and Ideas panel. The cards can stay out all week, so children choose when to have a go, and any adult can use the questions to extend the learning.

Children can use the picture to work out what to do, or have the challenge read to them, and Reception children can have a go at reading the words themselves.

The snack card needs adult supervision.

These cards work best alongside your teaching of matching objects to numerals from 0 to 20. You could use them with our other EYFS matching numerals resources, so children meet the same learning in adult-led sessions and in their play.