Nursery Fast Fingers: Finger Numbers Sorting Mat

Fast Fingers Sorting Mat: sort pictures by 1, 2 and 3 fingers. A sorting mat with three columns headed by hands showing 1, 2 and 3 fingers, plus nine picture cards. Children sort each picture into the column with the same number of fingers. What’s included: • Teacher guide with Development Matters links. • Sorting mat with hands showing 1, 2 and 3 fingers. • 9 picture cards to sort. Ideas for using it: • Sort the cards: Look at a card, show it on your fingers, then sort it. • Copy the hands: Copy each hand on the mat. Can you do it quickly? • Grow, show, throw: Grow, show and then throw each finger number. • Mystery card: Hide a card. Show its amount on your fingers for a friend to guess. Linked to Development Matters (three and four-year-olds): • Show ‘finger numbers’ up to 5. • Fast recognition of up to 3 objects, without having to count them individually (‘subitising’). • Link numerals and amounts: for example, showing the right number of objects to match the numeral, up to 5. • Use a wider range of vocabulary. Supplied as a ready-to-print PDF (A4 landscape). Print, laminate and reuse all year.