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.
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.
