Math Games

Use number facts and relationships
• Learners are able to:
- recite a range of number rhymes and songs
- count reliably up to 10 objects
- recite numbers up to 20, forwards and backwards, and from different starting points
- read and write numbers to at least 10
- compare and order numbers to at least 10
- understand that zero means ‘none’
- use number facts up to 5
- count in 2s to 10 and in 10s to 100
- use ordinal numbers to 10 in daily activities and play
- begin to read number words

Calculate using mental and written methods
• Learners are able to:
- mentally recall ‘one more’ of a number within 10
- mentally recall ‘one less’ of a number within 10
- combine two groups of objects to find ‘how many altogether?’
- take away objects to find ‘how many are left?’
- solve simple problems in a practical situation that involve simple addition and subtraction up to 5
- talk about addition and subtraction instructions in play activities

Estimate and check
• Learners are able to:
- make a sensible estimate of up to 10 objects that can be checked by counting

Manage money
• Learners are able to:
- use 1p, 2p, 5p and 10p coins to pay for items

Length, weight/mass, capacity
• Learners are able to:
- use direct comparisons with:
• length, height and distance, e.g. longer/shorter than
• weight/mass, e.g. heavier/lighter than
• capacity, e.g. holds more/less than

Time
• Learners are able to:
- use the concept of time in terms of their daily activities
- sing/chant the days of the week, months and seasons of the year in meaningful contexts, e.g. when changing the class calendar
- demonstrate a developing sense of how long tasks and everyday events take

Temperature
• Learners are able to:
- use direct comparisons when describing temperature, e.g. hot/cold

Area and volume Angle and position
• Learners are able to:
- move in given directions
- use prepositions to describe position

Identifying processes and connections
• Learners are able to:
- transfer mathematical skills to play and classroom activities
- identify steps to complete the task or reach a solution
- select appropriate mathematics and techniques to use
- select and use relevant number facts and mental strategies
- select appropriate equipment and resources
- use knowledge and practical experience to inform estimations

Represent and communicate
• Learners are able to:
- use everyday and mathematical language to talk about their own ideas and choices
- present work orally, pictorially and in written form, and use a variety of ways to represent collected data
- devise and refine informal, personal methods of recording, moving to using words and symbols in number sentences

Review
• Learners are able to:
- use checking strategies to decide if answers are reasonable
- interpret answers within the context of the problem and consider whether answers are sensible
- interpret information presented in charts and diagrams and draw appropriate conclusions

Shape
• Learners are able to:
- recognise and name common 2D shapes (circle, square, triangle and rectangle) and some 3D shapes (cube, cuboid and sphere) within play activities and the environment
- use 2D and 3D shapes to make models and pictures

Movement
• Learners are able to:
- complete a simple symmetrical picture through a variety of media

Collect and record data Present and analyse data Interpret results
• Learners are able to:
- sort and classify objects using one criterion
- record collections using marks, numbers or pictures

Pattern
• Learners are able to:
- recognise and repeat three object/colour/clapped patterns and sequences.