How do children explore mathematical ideas outside in your setting? What resources do you make available each and every day to ensure independence and planning alongside mastery and deeper level learning?
When we are planning for the outdoors we need to ensure that we are providing the children with a different learning opportunity than what they can experience indoors.
Some ideas...
NATURAL MATERIALS
Shells
Sticks of various sizes and thickness
Pebbles
Acorns
Pine Cones
Conkers
Pebbles
Flowers
Leaves
SORTING & CLASSIFYING
Sorting Trays
Blank Number Lines
10 Frames
Wooden Bowls
Containers of varying sizes
Egg Cups
Bun Trays
Hessian Bags of various sizes
Picnic blanket with a grid pattern
NUMBER
Wooden number lines
Number Tree slices
Number pebbles
Natural fractions set
Natural number line
Weighing scales / balance scales
Stop watch
Numicon
Pegs
Audit your outdoor space and see what you need to give your children quality outdoor maths opportunities.
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