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Nursery Rocket Countdown: Counting Back From 5

A launch track from 5 to 0 with numerals and dots, big countdown cards and cut-out rockets for counting back to blast off. • Teacher guide with Development Matters links. • Countdown launch track. • 6 big countdown cards. • 4 cut-out rockets that fit the track. Linked to Development Matters for three and four-year-olds. Print-ready PDF.

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Rocket Countdown: counting back from 5 to blast off. A launch pad track from 5 down to 0, with a numeral and dots on every step. Children move the rocket down the track, count back together and shout “Blast off!” Big countdown cards are included too. What’s included: • Teacher guide with Development Matters links. • Countdown launch track. • 6 big countdown cards. • 4 cut-out rockets that fit the track. Ideas for using it: • Countdown: Move the rocket down each step: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, blast off! • Big launch: Hold up the countdown cards for the whole group. • Crouch and jump: Crouch low and jump up at blast off. • Whisper count: Count back in a whisper, then shout “Blast off!”. Linked to Development Matters (three and four-year-olds): • Recite numbers past 5. • Say one number for each item in order: 1,2,3,4,5. • Link numerals and amounts: for example, showing the right number of objects to match the numeral, up to 5. • Play with one or more other children, extending and elaborating play ideas. Supplied as a ready-to-print PDF (A4 landscape). Print, laminate and reuse all yearRead more

Rocket Countdown: counting back from 5 to blast off. A launch pad track from 5 down to 0, with a numeral and dots on every step. Children move the rocket down the track, count back together and shout “Blast off!” Big countdown cards are included too. What’s included: • Teacher guide with Development Matters links. • Countdown launch track. • 6 big countdown cards. • 4 cut-out rockets that fit the track. Ideas for using it: • Countdown: Move the rocket down each step: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, blast off! • Big launch: Hold up the countdown cards for the whole group. • Crouch and jump: Crouch low and jump up at blast off. • Whisper count: Count back in a whisper, then shout “Blast off!”. Linked to Development Matters (three and four-year-olds): • Recite numbers past 5. • Say one number for each item in order: 1,2,3,4,5. • Link numerals and amounts: for example, showing the right number of objects to match the numeral, up to 5. • Play with one or more other children, extending and elaborating play ideas. Supplied as a ready-to-print PDF (A4 landscape). Print, laminate and reuse all year

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