Whose Shoes?

Topics Reception
This unit is part of Transport: On the Move My Journeys

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Objectives

Early Learning Goals

Count reliably with numbers from 1 to20, place them in order and say which number is 1 more or 1 less than a given number.
Show good control and co-ordination in large and small movements. Move confidently in a range of ways, safely negotiating space.
Express yourself effectively. Develop explanations by connecting ideas or events.
Use phonic knowledge to write words in ways which match their spoken sounds.

Lesson Planning

Develop a knowledge of numbers 1 to 10 and measuring and begin to work with numbers 11 to 20.

Teaching Outcomes:

To be secure in knowledge of numbers 1 to 10 and measuring.
To begin to work with numbers 11 to 20.
To make simple transport books.
To experiment with drama and movement.

Children will:

Consolidate counting from 1 to 10, 1 to 20.
Use the story ‘You Choose’ as a stimulus for creative movements and drama.
Use phonic knowledge to write a simple sentence in a transport book.

Planning

Provided Resources

This Little Piggy rhyme
When I walk
Maths area ideas
Foot measuring
Tying shoe lace resource

You Will Need

You Choose by Nick Sharratt
Alfie’s Feet by Shirley Hughes
A roll of paper
Paints
Old shoes
Bowl of water
Access to the computers/iPads
Magnifying glasses
Unifix cubes
Lego
Pens

Weblinks

Choosing shoes poem from scrapbook.com
Instructions on how to tie a show and images to print out from instructables.com
Free number cards to print from mrprintables.com
Playdough number mats from playdoughtoplato.com
Transport vocabulary to print from anglomaniacy.pl