Monster maths Week 1 - Activity 1

Work in pairs

Y1-Aut-Week 1-Activity 1 © Hamilton Trust

Learning outcomes:• I can order numbers 1 to 6.• I can match numbers 1 to 6 to spoken numbers.• I am beginning to order numbers 1 to 10 and match to spoken numbers.

Things you will need:• A set of 1 to 6 number cards••A set of 1 to 6 monster cardsCubes

What to do:

• Put the 1 to 6 cards in order.

• One person has the monster cards.

• The person with the monster cards chooses a card and reads the number on it.

Don’t show your partner!

• Your partner points to the correct number in the line of cards.

• The person with the monster card shows the number on their card.

Do your numbers match? If so put the monster card to one side and collect a cube.

• Carry on playing until you have used all the monster cards.

• Now swap cards and play again.

S-t-r-e-t-c-h:Use the sets of 1 to 10 cards instead.

1 2 3 4 5 three

6

Y1-Aut-Week 1-Activity 1 © Hamilton Trust

Monster mathsWeek 1 - Activity 1

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10

Y1-Aut-Week 1-Activity 1 © Hamilton Trust

Monster mathsWeek 1 - Activity 1

one two three four five

six seven eight nine ten