Number Land

Drawing numbers in sand at the beach...............................



Modeling Numbers out of playdough we made................................

Learning Numbers

stamping and painting number nine..........................



Number Nine we used nine months of pregnancy.................
we talked about how long it takes to grow a baby
and them being babies inside me............



The children gathered rocks together
and we used them for counting and showing how ten can be
5& 5, 6&4 ect..................



An inspiration Rainbow treasure Game............


The children rolled dice and had to move the number
under the cups were balls hidden for them to collect.............
the children found it enchanting..................................




The children collected Ten leaves from the garden...........


and made these beautiful circles........................



and of course HAND painting still fun to do .......................


How many fingers??????..........10.................


And our farmer is starting to have a interesting lot of animals
to look after!!!!!!! they arrive newly each day..............
to correspond with the number we are exploring.................


Blackboard drawing for Ten.........................



Mainlesson book drawing..........................






Using wooden blocks to show 11 can be.......
4 & 3 & 2 &2 ect.. we made different arrangements..



Blackboard drawing eleven Stars...........................



Jaiden`s idea to paint over crayon 11 stars................
I love how natural the ideas come and the learning..............


Mainlesson book Eleven............................................




We made a clock from cardboard..............
very exciting to move the pointers to the numbers..
and say the time.........................

Twelve Dancing Princesses.................




Blackboard drawing for Twelve......................


Mainlesson book for number 12..................................

Number Six

Star of David window star.........................


Read the folktale of the six swans...........................


The farmer has six sheep to watch over.................


Blackboard drawing for number six.................



Mainlesson book for number six.......................................

Number Seven

Gathering seven balls.......................................



Throwing and counting the balls into box.....................



Catching and throwing ball while counting out loud.................


We read the fairytale Snow White&the seven dwarfs.................
( making puppets and acting this out would be fun)

The farmer had a pig wake him and join his farm today......
oink oink oink!!!!!!!!and had to add another fence for the pig.


Mainlesson book for number7..............................
The colours of the rainbow.......................

We also talked about the seven days of the week.................

Number Eight

Eight pointed window stars......................


Stepping on eight stones and counting out loud.......................
forward and backwards.....................



Gathering 8 things from the playroom................
seeing how eight can be 2&2&2&2 or 5 &3.....................



Throwing 8 balls through a hoop and counting...........................



Eating 8 pieces of orange..........................


And for the farmer he keeps being woken up from his afternoon sleep
by the new animals which come and find him to join his farm.............
Mooooooooooo Mooooo What!!!! what was that awakening me?????
(lots of laughter from the kids as the farmer jumps up in surprise!!!!)



Blackboard drawing for Number Eight.............


Mr octopus had to come and play followed by the story of Tickly Octopus





Number Eight in main lesson Book.............................