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Counting 1-5 Dough Mats

Counting 1-5 Dough Mats
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Description

This is a terrific resource for maths rotations and independent work that combines fine motor skills with counting practise to and from 5.

Print and laminate cards (colour or black and white onto coloured card) and have students use playdoh or counters to form the number formation and place the matching number of objects onto the picture.

Suitable for
  • Fast Finishers
  • Relief Teachers
Lesson Structure
  • Individual Activity
  • Rotations / Group Work
Curriculum Codes

AC9MFN01 9

Name, represent and order numbers including zero to at least 20, using physical and virtual materials and numerals

ACMNA001 8.4

Establish understanding of the language and processes of counting by naming numbers in sequences, initially to and from 20, moving from  any starting point

MAe-1WM old

Describes mathematical situations using everyday language, actions, materials and informal recordings

MAe-2WM old

Uses objects, actions, technology and/or trial and error to explore mathematical problems

MAe-3WM old

Uses concrete materials and/or pictorial representations to support conclusions

MAe-4NA old

Counts to 30, and orders, reads and represents numbers in the range 0 to 20

MAE-RWN-02 new

Reads numerals and represents whole numbers to at least 20

VCMNA069

Establish understanding of the language and processes of counting by naming numbers in sequences, initially to and from 20, moving from any starting point

VCMNA072

Compare, order and make correspondences between collections, initially to 20, and explain reasoning

Differentiation

EXTENSIONS

Students can place completed cards into number order showing counting up to 5 or backwards from 5.

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