Maths Topic Thursday
Positional Language
Today we will be learning about the position of something compared to something else and learn about the language we use to describe where we or things are.
Warm Up
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Watch these videos about days and months and sing along:
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zvxhyrd
Main Task
Watch this video and try to spot the monkey each time. Can you use the correct positional language to describe where the monkey is before the song tells you?
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For the next task you will need:
a teddy or other toy a table a box
- Carry out each instruction in the table below to make sure teddy is in the correct position:
Put teddy on the table. |
Put teddy under the table. |
Put teddy beside the table. |
Put teddy behind the table. |
Put teddy in the box. |
Put teddy between the box and the table. |
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Can you think of any more instructions for your grown up to follow to put teddy in different places? Example: Put teddy in front of the television. Put teddy under the chair.
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Play ‘Where is Teddy?’ Hide your Teddy somewhere in the room and get someone to guess where Teddy is using positional language questions…is teddy under the couch? Is teddy on top of the shelf? Then swap and you have to do the guessing.
Extra Challenge
Look at the pictures in the grid and read the statements telling you where each object is. Draw the answer in your jotter for question 1 and write the sentence using the position words for number 2.
Game to Support Learning:
Click on the link below to play a game where you have to move objects to the correct position in the picture. TIP: click on the SLOW button on the start page as you can run out of time fairly fast.
Fun Finisher Task
Dance and sing along!
