You Will Need

Exploring and Playing

Variety of play food; plates; small bottles of coloured water, pairs of cups, water tray; pens and mini-world sheep (or other animals); two colours of building bricks, e.g. Lego®.

Active Learning

Pancakes; large biscuits; knives (suitable for children to use); plates and bowls; a selection of foods which can be divided into halves, e.g. cheese sticks/ balls, sandwiches, mini-pizzas, cakes, biscuits, sausage rolls, an even number of grapes, an even number of raisins; a full set of 0-0 to 6-6 dominoes;single fruits which can be quartered, e.g. bananas, apples, strawberries, and numbers of fruits which can be quartered, e.g. 8 strawberries, 12 grapes, 16 satsuma segments.

Creating and Thinking Critically

Cups and a variety of different-shaped containers; number cards (2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12), 'Squabbling squirrels' (see resources); 12 acorns (or cubes); snake outlines divided into four sections; green and yellow paint and brushes; paper plates; crayons; pizza pictures.