Foundation Stage : Numeracy : Term One Planning : Numbers : Lesson Two – Cabbages, Carrots, Potatoes


This numeracy teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to match and write numbers recorded in digits with the correct counted sets of vegetables. The children can illustrate the matching shapes used for the numerals for each of the numbers to five.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to match and write numbers recorded in digits with the correct counted sets of vegetables

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.

Cabbages, Carrots, Potatoes

Teaching sequence to help the children match and write numbers recorded in digits with the correct counted sets of vegetables

Dotty Numbers

Activity to get the children to select and record the shape of different numerals to five to match numbers rolled used a dice

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

Cabbages, Carrots, Potatoes

Interactive activity to help the children match and write numbers recorded in digits with the correct counted sets of vegetables

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to match and write numbers recorded in digits with the correct counted sets of vegetables

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