PR-6993UK The Maths Box - Early Years

Card 5
Number — Counting
Counting with Superheroes
Help the superheroes crack the
codes by counting the different
coloured coins. Write the codes on
a whiteboard or piece of paper.
Review sample
The Maths Box (Early Years)
(05)
Prim-Ed Publishing – www.prim-ed.com

Card 5
Help the superheroes
escape by following
the squares in the
correct number
sequence.
14 15 16 12 11 18 19 20
5 6 9 13 10 14 18 11
4 1 10 16 20 4 17 16
6 1 0 10 20 15
START
7 2 18 12 13 14
Review sample
11 3 9 1 3 11 16 14
12 4 5 8 9 10 15 17
18 0 6 7 12 10 19 20
Instructions: The children use a counter to move through the correct sequence of numbers, starting at zero and ending at 20.
Place each counter in the centre of the grid and move to the first correct square inside the fence.

Card 7
Number — Counting
Counting Towers
1 Build a tower with 4 blocks.
Place your tower on the number word you made.
five four six
2 Build a tower with 6 blocks.
Place your tower on the number word you made.
seven
one
two
3 Build a tower with 10 blocks.
ten
six
Place your tower on the number word you made.
4 Build a tower with 7 blocks.
Place your tower on the number word
you made.
nine
Review sample
eight seven six
The Maths Box (Early Years)
(07)
Prim-Ed Publishing – www.prim-ed.com

Card 7
5 Build a tower with 0 blocks.
Point to the number word you made.
one zero ten
6 Build a tower with 8 blocks.
Place your tower on the number word you made.
eight six eleven
7 Build a tower with 9 blocks.
Place your tower on the number word you made.
zero three nine
Review sample
8 Build a tower with 14 blocks.
Place your tower on the number word
you made.
ten fourteen twenty

Card 18
Number — Comparing and Ordering
All Aboard the Ordinal Express!
1 2 3 4 5
1 Which monster is in the first 2 Which monster is in the
carriage?
second carriage?
3 Which monster is in the third 4 Which monster is in the last
carriage?
carriage?
Review sample
Instructions: To answer the questions, the children place a counter on the correct monster. Discuss the connection between the
carriage numbers and the ordinal numbers.
The Maths Box (Early Years)
(18)
Prim-Ed Publishing – www.prim-ed.com

Card 18
5
1
In which position is ?
2
7 3 In which position is ? 4
1 2 3 4 5
6 In which position is ?
first third fifth third fourth fifth
8 In which position is ?
Review sample
first second third first second third
Instructions: To answer the questions, the children place a counter on the correct ordinal number. Discuss the connection
between the carriage numbers and the ordinal numbers.

Card 23
Number — Analysis of Number
Planets Plus
1
2
3
4
and
and
and
makes
makes
makes
Review sample
seven
eight
five
six
three
four
nine
and
makes
ten
Instructions: Ask the children to add the two groups of planets in each question and clip a peg onto the correct answer. The
children may require counters to assist them. Say the number sentence to the children; e.g. 4 planets and 3 planets
makes 7 planets.
The Maths Box (Early Years)
(23)
Prim-Ed Publishing – www.prim-ed.com

Card 23
5
6
7
8
and
and
and
and
makes
makes
makes
makes
Review sample
nine
ten
six
eight
nine
ten
seven
eight

Card 27
Number — Analysis of Number
Shark Teeth Problems
How many teeth do these sharks have?
1
3
Review sample
2
4
Instructions: The children use manipulatives, such as counters, to work out the answers to the sums. The children write the final
number on a mini whiteboard.
The Maths Box (Early Years)
(27)
Prim-Ed Publishing – www.prim-ed.com

Card 27
6 If this shark loses
2 teeth, how many
teeth will it have left?
7 If this shark loses
4 teeth, how many
teeth will it have left?
5 If this shark loses
3 teeth, how many
teeth will it have left?
Review sample
Instructions: Read each subtraction problem to the children. The children use manipulatives, such as counters, to work out the
answers. The children write the final number on a mini whiteboard.