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Measuring outside
Counting
- Walk across or a short way around the playground, with the children following you in a line.
- Say that we will do this again, but this time we will count as we go.
- Walk slowly counting in unison as you go. You can count your steps but do not worry if the children are not exactly in sync!
- When you get back to where you started, discuss how many steps you counted – what a lot!
- Repeat if possible. Is it the same number of steps this time?
Song
Ten Green Bottles
e.g. at this version from the BBC
TEN green bottles hanging on the wall, TEN green bottles hanging on the wall,
And if one green bottle should accidentally fall, there‛ll be...
NINE green bottles hanging on the wall...
EIGHT … SEVEN...SIX...FIVE...FOUR...THREE...TWO...
ONE green bottle hanging on the wall...
NO green bottles hanging on the wall!
Book
Goldilocks and The Three Bears by Susanna Davidson
Discuss the bowls and their sizes and how much porridge they each hold.
Model using play bowls and a tea-set.
Telling the time
Counting
NB - If the ‘normal game’ is taught at the beginning of the week, children can play as a group during independent learning time.
- Now play a variation of What’s the Time Mr Wolf as a class. In this version let each child choose one of, say, five animals: chicken, rabbit, duckling, lamb, squirrel. How many rabbits/chickens/squirrels/ lambs or ducklings has he got to eat?
- Agree which animal each child is.
- The wolf says an animal and an o’clock time, e.g. rabbits and five o’clock. The rabbits hop that number of times towards the wolf.
- The wolf gives different animals different times.
- When ‘dinnertime’ is shouted, they run back to the start, hoping not to get caught!
Song/ Rhyme
Hickory dickory dock
See the Resource download for song words.
Books
Tiddler by Julia Donaldson
Look at the clocks in the story. What time do they show? What time should he have arrived at school? What time does he swim into the school?!
What’s the Time Mr Wolf? by Debi Gliori
Follow Mr Wolf through his day with times.