Number formation practise

These could be printed and laminated for lots of practise, or used as a worksheet. They could also be put together as a book.

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Here is an example picture.

Counting dinosaurs

These cards could be used for alsorts of games.

Snap - mix the cards and deal out.
Sorting the dinosaurs
Give the child a number and they have to count out that many dinosaurs.
Pairs games, deal a selection out and place face down, child has to find 2 that match.
Adding numbers together. 5 dinosaurs add 3 dinosaurs equals ?
Take a handful of dinosaurs and find the correct number.

Dinosaur double the number

Throw a die and use a counter to count that many squares, double the number you land on.

Dinosaur adding or subtracting game

Write your own rule in the starburst, eg add 1, subtract 1, add 2, subtract 2, double the number, number bonds to 10 etc.

Ghost game recognise the numbers

Children to throw a die and move that many spaces, they then have to read the number and count out that many ghosts to keep. If incorrect they must go back to the beginning.

How many ghosts can you catch (counting game)

Learning Objective: to count objects upto 5

Children to have a counter each. Throw a die. Which ever square they land on they have to count the ghosts. If correct then they can stay on the square. If wrong they have to go back to the beginning.

Money recognition worksheets and games

Match the coins to the amount of money
Money bingo

Count the coins

Money spinner

Money board game

Money dice

All these sheets were made from this website http://www.mathworksheetwizard.com/kindergarten/money.html

SEN numeracy planning and resources

I thought I would share some of my planning which I use with SEN/EAL learners.

Here is the first weeks planning with hyperlinks to the resources. I run this over 3 days per week. I think it is important to use real money and not the plastic stuff.

Week 1

Money bingo up to 10p

Letters and Sounds captions for reading and writing

Some children find it really difficult to remember a sentence/caption whilst writing because they have so much to remember whilst spelling. I use this idea with some children.

Show the picture and read the caption/sentence together.
Cut out the words and rearrange the caption/sentence together.
Child rearranges the caption/sentence.
Child closes eyes whilst you steal a word. Can they remember which word it was. Repeat this several times.
Finally remove the word cards and dictate the sentence/caption to the child. Show the picture.
Can they remember it? Can they write it unaided? Encourage stretching out of each word to enable them to spell it. Remind them that as each word was in a box they need to put a space between each word.
These captions cover sounds from phase 2 and 3 of letters and sounds.

Letters and Sounds - phase 2 and 3 'Bang game' for EAL/SEN

This 'bang' game is played in the same way as the others but with a strong visual clue. This can help children with EAL to learn new vocabulary as well as blend the word.

Letters and Sounds phase 3 matching pairs game

I am making a few of these at the moment due to having some children with EAL in my groups. I find this way helps them learn new vocabulary aswell as phonics.

Flash cards galore

I just found this fantastic site which would be ideal for children with EAL, SEN or Early years. You must explore!

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