Running out of ideas for fun maths activities for preschoolers and KS1 pupils? These resources can help! Playing with playdough is amongst children's favourite activities, so using it in maths lessons can be really fun. Play-Doh: Model Prompt Cards. Invite children to create a variety of Play-Doh models using these prompt cards for inspiration. Children will be inspired to create pretend food and animals. Whether you're teaching in the classroom or at home, grab some playdough and let the fun with these playdough activities begin. How can I use these printable playdough mats? These Emergency Vehicles Colouring Sheets are ideal for introducing children to the different types of emergency vehicles and the jobs of the people who drive them. Colouring is a great mindfulness activity, too!

Line up Cheerios or other cereal in the shape of each number. Then, place one Cheerio inside each box to practice counting to that number. Your kids can also line up their dry cereal on the number line. Swap the Playdough for Kinetic Sand We've included autumn, spring and summer term resources here. These Maths mats are the perfect resource to boost your group's knowledge of particular topics, you can add them to your existing lesson plans or use them to inform your own lesson planning. NOTE: We used beads on our ten frame instead of playdough balls so please feel free to swap out your manipulatives too! Grab Your Playdough Mats

These Maths mats are all differentiated and have different uses, so be sure to have a look at the relevant ones for your class to figure out which resources best fit your and your class' needs. What are some examples of your other Maths mats? Play-Doh: Imagination Award Chart. Use this printable award chart to celebrate your children’s fantastic imagination. It is important to celebrate creative achievements as well as academic achievements in the classroom. Or, if you’re looking for more playdough activities, why not take a look at these fantastic Dinosaur Playdough Mats? Your classes can use their playdough to complete each picture while learning about the different dinosaurs. How does playdough help children learn? Play-Doh: Creative Challenge Recognising Colours. Each of these activity mats contains a different number line featuring numbers up to 10, 20 or 50. Children are encouraged to place a Play-Doh shape somewhere on the number line.

Shape, space and measures: children use everyday language to talk about size, weight, capacity, position, distance, time and money to compare quantities and objects and to solve problems. They recognise, create and describe patterns. They explore the characteristics of everyday objects and shapes and use mathematical language to describe them.

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Without even realising it children are developing numeracy skills all the time. From becoming familiar with daily routines to partaking in story and song time, they're developing key foundations related to numeracy.

From activity tray ideas to ICT games, numeracy development doesn’t have to be confined to a specific area, use our engaging number lines and worksheets within your indoor and outdoor provision to promote number development across your setting. Try out this teddy bear number line, or our mini beast counting activity. Is numeracy important in the Early Years? You can use the edible finger paint on these laminated dough mats also! Then, just wipe the mats clean with a warm rag when you’re done. Other Free Printable Activities for Kids Plus, this word mat covers even larger numbers, so you can use it with older pupils to help them revise writing a number in words. Or even bigger numbers like 150, 1970… however big they would like to go! I can make number 1 play dough mat I can make number 2 play dough mat I can make number 3 play dough mat I can make number 4 play dough mat I can make number 5 play dough mat I can make number 6 play dough mat I can make number 7 play dough mat I can make number 8 play dough mat I can make number 9 play dough mat I can make number 10 play dough mat I can make number 0 play dough mat I can make numbers 1-10 play dough mat More Playdough Mats to 10 Ten-Frame Playdough Mats - a great activity which will develop children's number and place value knowledge.This handy numbers word mat would act as a brilliant resource to prompt children when performing individual tasks or help when revising for any upcoming assessments. Why don't you try and test your students by getting them to spell out some of the numbers on the word mat? Great to develop their spelling and recognition skills.

Learning through hands-on methods, engaging their hands and body works really well for many young children and can be more engaging for this age group.Number recognition is important for children as it helps in their development of basic math skills. It can also help them with more complex math concepts as they get older.