I left out the flowers, with some numbers, as an invitation to play. We tried doing this outside, but they all kept blowing away, so we moved indoors. I always find it interesting to see what they’ll do with no guidance.
Resources
- Flowers
- Log slices with numbers written on
Method
They started off making a number line. This was a nice calm activity, but I’ve included the video with Ioan’s frustration. He likes everything set out neatly, Finn is a lot messier and that often causes conflict. Just keeping it real!
Once Ioan had set his flowers back out neatly, Finn apologised and they hugged and made up.
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DfES Early Learning Goals (2017)
Personal, social and emotional development
ELG 06 – Self-confidence and self-awareness:
Children are confident to try new activities, and say why they like some activities more than others. They are confident to speak in a familiar group, will talk about their ideas, and will choose the resources they need for their chosen activities. They say when they do or don’t need help.
Mathematics
ELG 11 – Numbers:
Children count reliably with numbers from 1 to 20, place them in order and say which number is one more or one less than a given number.