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For younger learners

  • Early Years Foundation Stage

Early Number Sense

These activities will help children develop a strong sense of number and are part of our Number Sense and Place Value Feature.

Number Rhymes

Age 3 to 5

In this activity, the rhyme 'Ten Green Bottles' is used to encourage children to count backwards to work out how many bottles are left.

Incey Wincey

Age 3 to 5

In this game, children roll the dice and count how many steps to move the spider up or down the drainpipe.

Dice

Age 3 to 5

This dice activity encourages children to relate the number on the dice to the number of teddies they need to choose.

Golden Beans

Age 3 to 5

This task provides children with an opportunity to count 'golden beans' and find a number card to represent how many they have.

Dot Card Games

Age 3 to 7

These games devised by Jenni Way use dot cards which will help children see the structure of numbers 1-6 and give them confidence as they begin to add and subtract these numbers.

Number Match

Age 5 to 11
Challenge Level Yellow star

A task which depends on members of the group noticing the needs of others and responding.

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The NRICH Project aims to enrich the mathematical experiences of all learners. To support this aim, members of the NRICH team work in a wide range of capacities, including providing professional development for teachers wishing to embed rich mathematical tasks into everyday classroom practice.

NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.

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