Exploring and Playing

Hamilton's Reception Maths planning targets the key characteristics of effective early learning:
Maths Out Loud: whole-class counting, repetitive chants, rhymes, songs and a linked story to enjoy together.
Counting
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.
Exploring and Playing
Water tray; food dye; plastic containers (some with measurements); scoops or spoons; funnels; number cards; 'Measuring words' (see resources); toy cars; wooden blocks or crates; wooden planks of wood or plastic tubes; chalk; metre rulers; play tea set; water bowl; dried beans/ rice; small bowls.
Active Learning
Different sizes and shapes of plastic containers; water – coloured or natural; cups; labels; funnels; chalk; cars; metre ruler.
Creating and Thinking Critically
Two sets of similar items but different sizes e.g. jugs, teapots; water; cup; plastic bottles - different sizes; cups; tuff spot; funnel; paper/ thin card; dry lentils; Sellotape/ masking tape; bikes and other things to ride on; Finish and Start lines.
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