West Coast Language Development Centre West Coast Language Development Centre CHANGING FUTURES Kindy Maths Pack There is no need to complete all the activities or do them in any specific order. Short activities presented and repeated in a fun way will the most beneficial.
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West Coast Language Development Centre
West Coast
Language Development Centre
CHANGING FUTURES
Kindy
Maths
Pack
There is no need to complete all the activities or do
them in any specific order. Short activities presented
and repeated in a fun way will the most beneficial.
Have fun with your child.
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Day 1: Number and Counting
Pegs around a bowl or cup.
You need: a plastic bowl/ cup and 5 pegs.
Ask your child to put some pegs around the bowl/ cup.
Ask you child ‘How many’ pegs are there?”
Repeat with different amounts of pegs.
Use less or more p gs d p nding on you child’s counting
skills.
If your child is ready:
Once your child has counted the pegs around the bowl, move the
pegs around the bowl and ask how many are there now? If your
child t i s to count th p gs, you could sk, “Did w dd ny p gs
on or take any away? Let’s check”.
Scavenger hunt in and around the house and garden. For example:
Find 3 sticks. C n you count ‘how ny’?
Find 4 l v s. C n you count ‘how ny’?
Find 5 toy cars. Can you count ‘how ny’?
More and Less – Building Towers
At the same time as each other, grab some Lego blocks
or any other objects.
Build a tower if you are using Lego or blocks.
Count how many you each have.
Help your child to tell you who has more or less.
If you do
not
have any
pegs, ask
your child
to count
everyday
items
into a
bowl, e.g.
stones,
pencils,
spoons
etc.
You will probably need to help
your child to find 3/4/5/ items
as this is a difficult skill for
young children.
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If you h v g bb d th s ount, you could s y, “ ou h v
the same s .”
Day 2: Number and Counting - Subitising.
Caterpillar Dice and Roll
Choose a caterpillar.
Take turns rolling the dice or turning over the dotted cards
provided in this pack.
Use a counter / pebble/ pre-cut circles to cover the circle
with the same amount of dots.
Encourage your child to tell you how many dots there are by