Foundation Stage : Numeracy : Term One Planning : Numbers : Lesson One – Counting Peas


This numeracy teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to practise counting and labelling different numbers and quantities of objects including vegetables to five. The class can use concrete objects to support the counting of quantities of different vegetables to five.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to practise counting and labelling different numbers and quantities of objects including vegetables to five

Learning Objectives

Count reliably with numbers from 1 to 10. Read some common irregular words.

Learning Outcomes

I can count numbers of objects up to ten. I can read the numbers up to five and use these to labels quantities of objects.

Counting Peas

Teaching sequence to help the children practise counting and labelling different numbers and quantities of objects including vegetables to five

Farm Crops

Activity cards to help the children make models of different types of vegetables to match each of the numbers to five written in digits

Number Lines

Template to help the children record the number counted numbers of different types of vegetables to match each of the numbers to five

Counting Peas

Interactive activity to help the children practise counting and labelling different numbers and quantities of objects including vegetables to five

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to practise counting and labelling different numbers and quantities of objects including vegetables to five

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