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This numeracy teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to identify and compare the mass of different classroom objects and sort them into groups of similar sizes. The class can practise using the correct vocabulary to compare the mass of selected objects.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to identify and compare the mass of different classroom objects and sort them into groups of similar sizes

Learning Objectives

Use language such as greater, smaller, heavier or lighter to compare quantities. Count reliably up to 10 everyday objects.

Learning Outcomes

I can use the correct language to compare the mass of a pair of objects. I can count sets of objects up to ten.

Heavy or Light

Teaching sequence to help the children identify and compare the mass of different objects and sort them into groups of similar sizes

Mass Labels

Activity cards to help the children identify and compare the mass of different classroom objects and sort them into groups of similar sizes

How Heavy

Activity to get the children select and record different objects that are heavier than something else used in the classroom

Heavy or Light

Interactive activity to help the children identify and compare the mass of different objects and sort them into groups of similar sizes

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to identify and compare the mass of different classroom objects and sort them into groups of similar sizes

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