Activities to help the children develop their measurement skills for maths. There are resources for whole class and group teaching as well as independent learning which can be adapted to meet the needs of your class.

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Foundation Stage : Numeracy : Measurement


Animal Measurements

Identify and match sets of statements to describe the height, mass, size and length of different animals

Recommended for Reception
  • Final Sounds Match
    Identify, record and match the spelling and meaning of different words that end in the same final phoneme sound
  • Numbers
    Practise counting and labelling sets of different objects by writing and matching the numerals for numbers to five
  • Counting
    Count, record and compare sets of different objects to ten and identify the matching numbers using numerals
  • Story Sequencing
    Sequence and record activities to describe family visits to different locations as preparation for a narrative writing lesson