Maths Out Loud

Counting

Point to any number on the 1-20 track. Children say the next three numbers. Repeat.

Number bonds

Play ‘Give me 5’. Show a number of fingers up to 5. Children show you the number of fingers needed to make 5, e.g. you show 4, they show 1.

Chants/Rhymes/Songs

Sing ‘5 little men in a flying saucer’, e.g. at Five Little Men in a Flying Saucer from www.bbc.co.uk

Pause to ask how many will be left each time.

Story

Quack and count by Keith Baker