You Will Need

Exploring and Playing
Conkers in a sand tray/pit or pebbles in a box of sand; a selection of 5, 6 or 7 animals; two pens; 2 to 12 number cards (with lots of 6 and 7 cards) and dominoes; trains and carriages in two colours

Active Learning
Pan balance (e.g. the sort used for number shapes), number shapes to 5 (or use sticks of 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 cubes); a whistle, whiteboard and pen; an egg box, 6 brown eggs and 6 white eggs, flipchart and pens; coat hanger, same coloured pegs, cloth.

Creating and Thinking Critically
Two cardboard boxes to make caves and six bears; 7 cards and blu-tac®; flipchart; a piece of paper with a large snake drawn with 7 spaces for each child, crayons/paints and brushes/sponges; 1 to 5 number cards; cubes; blank cards; Addition cards (see resources)