You Will Need

Exploring and Playing

Chairs, a steering wheel and a bus stop; play people and playground equipment, e.g. swings, slide and roundabout; selection of cars and a ‘car park’; plastic cups/beakers in the sand tray/pit.

Active Learning

A 1 to 20 number track, a teddy, a puppet (optional), 20 biscuits, a plate and tea towel; chair, blanket, 5 lions/tigers, flipchart and pens; 1-20 floor track, teddy, two cards: one with +1, one with -1; Ducks on a pond’ PowerPoint (see resources).

Creating and Thinking Critically

Large sheet of paper for game track; counters; coin; bricks; dice with +1 on three faces and +2 on the other three faces; cubes; large sheet of paper for ladder; a dice with +1, +2, +3, -1, +1, +2 on its faces; a 1-20 floor track (or draw one on the playground); addition and subtraction cards