
Maths Activities
Nursery Hedgehog Spikes: Counting Playdough Mats 1 to 5
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Big round plates to flash at group time, showing 1, 2 or 3 dots in different sizes, colours and patterns. • Teacher guide with Development Matters links. • 12 flash plates showing 1, 2 and 3 dots. Linked to Development Matters for three and four-year-olds. Print-ready PDF.
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Flash Plates 1 to 3: quick-look plates for whole-class flashing. Twelve large round plates showing 1, 2 or 3 dots in different sizes, colours and arrangements. Flash them for a moment at group time so children recognise the amount without counting. What’s included: • Teacher guide with Development Matters links. • 12 flash plates showing 1, 2 and 3 dots. Ideas for using it: • Flash and show: Flash a plate for two seconds. Children show the amount on fingers. • Grow, show, throw: Grow fingers one by one, then show quickly, then throw them. • Which has more? Flash two plates. Which has more? Which has fewer? • Hidden plate: Hide a plate behind your back and reveal it slowly. Linked to Development Matters (three and four-year-olds): • Fast recognition of up to 3 objects, without having to count them individually (‘subitising’). • Show ‘finger numbers’ up to 5. • Compare quantities using language: ‘more than’, ‘fewer than’. • Use a wider range of vocabulary. Supplied as a ready-to-print PDF (A4 landscape). Print, laminate and reuse all year.
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Maths Activities
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Maths Activities
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Maths Activities
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Maths Activities
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Maths Activities
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Maths Activities
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Maths Activities
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Maths Activities
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