Games, Ideas and Activities for Early Years Mathematics (Classroom Gems)

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Designed with busy teachers in mind, the Classroom Gems series draws together an extensive selection of practical, tried-and-tested, off-the-shelf ideas, games and activities, guaranteed to transform any lesson or classroom in an instant. Easily navigable, allowing you to choose the right activity quickly and easily, these invaluable resources are guaranteed to save you time and are a must-have tool to plan, prepare and deliver first-rate lessons. Games, Ideas and Activities for Early Years Maths provides a wealth of activities to supplement and support the teaching of maths in a fun and appealing way. Designed to enable practitioners to effectively support children’s mathematical development across the EYFS, this is the resource that will bring maths to life in any early years setting. Alice Hansen provides easy-to-access and implement mathematical ideas that practitioners and teachers can use straight away, through topics that are commonly used in early years settings and classrooms. 150 unique ideas designed to enhance the teaching and learning of maths in the early years Activities that enable practitioners to integrate mathematical thinking into everyday activities ‘How is this maths?’ feature to support practitioners in identifying opportunities for emergent maths Step-by-step instructions for each activity Minimal preparation or resources required – easy to fit into a busy timetable   Cover Games, Ideas and Activities for Early Years Mathematics Contents Introduction About the author Dressing Up In the clothes shop Can we match it? Putting on and putting away our clothes How much? Making necklaces Designing clothes Oh, we do like to be beside the seaside! Sand and water Sandcastles Beach towels The tide The rock pool Space Blast off! Rocket construction To infinity and beyond! Stars Star symmetry Day and night Spacemen Aliens Design an alien Fishing I’ve caught a big one! Go fish! Fish race Five little fish Nothing but net Rainbow fish Games Games with dice Counting on and back Snakes and ladders Floor robot games Floor robot competition Floor robot target Beanbags Hide-and-count Make a group On your bike! Hide-and-seek Hopscotch All about me My body Travelling My day Houses and homes Other people’s homes A nonsense house Making dens That’s just up our street! My home We’ve got it covered! Be an interior designer! The doll’s house The Teddy Bears’ Picnic Choosing a picnic blanket Time for the picnic? Preparing and making the picnic Sandwich fillings Making the sandwiches Shapely sandwiches It’s a wrap! Feet My feet Shoe sizes Types of shoes Trying shoes on Boxes Guess who? Pairs Have you got sole? Songs and chants 1,2,3,4,5 One elephant came out to play Ten green bottles Ten fat sausages I’m a circle The farm is shaping up Positional language Mathematical walks As small as small can be A head for heights Shape hunt A focus on one shape Colour Texture Pirates A living treasure island Treasure maps Message in a bottle Treasure chest A pirate investigation Ahoy there! The Jolly Roger A pirate’s life for me Big and small Order! Order! Making things bigger Investigating small creatures Making a home for wildlife Create something big! Jack and the Beanstalk Planting seeds Let’s harp on about it Golden eggs Retelling Jack and the Beanstalk Climb the beanstalk One small step for Jack, one giant step outside! Towers Tall tower competition Construct a tall tower Drawing a tower Thinking about towers Being tall Lock her in the tower! The café The tables Garçon, i’d like to order please May i take your order now? Mixing drinks I choose that glass Decorating biscuits Displaying the biscuits Fun with numbers Air finger-numbers Other numbers at your fingertips Play dough numbers String-thing numbers Making big numbers ‘I can’ with a calculator Numbers we use Weather Our weather station Wind Shadows Create your own shadows The four seasons Change throughout the year Celebrating through the seasons Painting In your prime Painting on a large scale Super-small painting The farm Setting up the farm Sorting the animals Pens and fences Life cycles Parties Make wrapping paper Wrap the parcel Pass the parcel Wrap that box Guess the present Birthday cards and candles You’re invited! Let’s make music Count the beat I got rhythm! Exploring sounds The bakery Baking Sharing evenly The cup-cake problem Use your loaf! Five currant buns The role-play bakery Appendices References Books Music Index of activities