This Ten Green Bottles Number Bonds to 10 activity helps to develop children's understanding of number bonds through visual aids. Children are asked to cut the strips and match the red bottles with the green bottles to make 10. It can be completed independently or with adult support. This activity could also be completed practically with concrete resources to help ensure children fully understand the concept.

It covers the following objectives for 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 to 5 and some to 10