everything curriculum | July 2021


Using Ladybugs Number Stones (YPO code: 801040)


Ask the children to form a circle and give each child a ladybug from 0–10. The child with the 10– spot ladybug stands in the middle. Call out a number from 10–20. The child with the appropriate number of additional spots should then join the child in the middle. For example, on hearing the number 14 called, the child with the four–spot ladybug joins the 10–spot ladybug. All 22 bugs may be used in one large circle with two children flying in at the same time, with the children volunteering combinations that will work.


Using Honey Bees Number Stones (YPO code: 801130)


Put several hoops on the ground at one end of the playing area. These are the honey pots. Gather the children at the other end of the area, giving each a honey bee stone. Tell the children to find a partner, add the numerals on their stones together and tell you the total. If they are correct, they race to stand inside one of the hoops. The winner is the pair who complete the activity first.


To begin a new game, call ‘Swarm’ and each child finds a different partner. This game can also be used to explore subtraction pairs, with the smaller number always being taken from the bigger number.


Using Dinosaur Bones Match and Measure Set (YPO code: 807481)


These durable stone bones used on their own or along with the Dinosaur Bones Activity Cards (807482) provide opportunities for numerous measuring activities.


Children could dig them up out of the mud then measure, order and sequence them. By researching the size of some


well–known dinosaurs, the children can decide upon a non–standard or standard measure to then mark out the dinosaur’s dimensions on the playground or similar. This will promote lots of discussion and problem solving, and the findings can be quite staggering!


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Using Phonics Pebbles (YPO code: 876821) and 3 & 4 Section Word– Building Trays (YPO codes: 532327 & 532326)


Leave small piles of pebbles around your outdoor area from which the children can build words. Groups of children can lay out their stones using a Word–Building Tray or similar. Make clipboards and pens available so they can record the real and nonsense words they create from their stones. Adding an egg timer would give an extra challenge: How many real words can the children make in five minutes? Can they read all the words on their list? Can they sort the real and nonsense words?


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