Collected Resources

Counting
Use Post-its™ to cover 10 random numbers on the 1-100 grid (not multiples of 10).

Count to 100 as a class, with children marking the multiples of five by waving one hand (numbers ending ‘5’) or two hands (numbers ending ‘0’).

Point to each number on the grid as you say it.

Can children say the missing numbers? Take off the Post-its as you go.

Chants/Rhymes/Songs
Number Bonds to 10 (see poster)

0 and 10 are big strong men

1 and 9 are feeling fine

2 and 8 are never late

3 and 7 come from Devon

4 and 6 like to play tricks

5 and 5 come alive

Children can invent their own version for the class to say together.

Story
Ten Red Apples – by Pat Hutchins

How many apples have been eaten? How many are left on the tree?

Use number bonds to answer.

Counting
Give each child in the class a card with a number between 1 and 20.

Together, count along the washing line from 1 to 20.

Then children close their eyes whilst you turn round 3 cards so their numbers are not visible. Children open eyes and hold up their card if they think it’s one of the missing numbers. They explain where it is on the line.

Repeat several times across the unit, swapping children’s numbers.

Chants/Rhymes/Songs
Ten in the bed (see resources for lyrics).

Story
Hippos Go Berserk! by Sandra Boynton.

One hippo calls another hippo. so now there are two. Then another hippo is called to make three. So the story proceeds… Children love it when they go berserk!

You could print pictures of hippos and ask children to come up to form a human number line as each new hippo is added, reinforcing this unit’s theme of ordering and comparing numbers.