Monday 1st February

Who ordered pizza?? 🍕

Here is a fun numeracy activity you can create together. This activity is good for counting, number recognition, early foundations for fractions  & subitising (this simply means to recognise a small amount of items without needing to count them)

All you need is cardboard to make the two circle & pens.
You can draw on the circles or use stickers if you have them, I also used bingo dabbers to create dots.

In the examples below we used numbers 1-8, depending on your child’s individual learning stage you can make this activity more challenging by talking about odd and even numbers, go up in 10’s (10,20,30…..), numbers 10 & up and begin to talk about simple fractions,  half & whole, use the pizza slices to create calculations e.g. 2 + 3 = 5

You can include this activity within role play, pretend you are in a cafe, provide your child with paper & pens for taking your order (mark making), you may also want to use money to pay for your order & talk about the different coins.

Can I have a pizza slice with 5 dots?? How much is it for number 3 & 8??

Curricular Areas 

MNU – Exploring numbers, understanding that they represent quantities and can use them to order. Developing an awareness of how money is used. I can match and sort objects/numbers.

LIT – Developing an awareness of when to talk and when to listen, taking turns within play & conversations.
Writing to record experiences during play.