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ONLINE NUMBERS Go to topmarks.co.uk and try out some counting games such as ‘Ladybird Spots’ or ‘Teddy Numbers’. There are opportunities to practise counting, matching and ordering in a selection of games. Explore shapes with the ‘Shape Monsters’ and learn some basic data handling with Curious George in ‘Hat Grab’. Try some of the numeracy games in the Little Learners section of CBeebies and meet the Numberblocks in lots of counting activities and the Numtums starring in their own radio and TV shows. Practise handling money with the ‘Coin Counting Quiz’. CALCULATOR CLUB Show children how to use the calculator on the computer or tablet. Start with a game of ‘Calculator clues’ on the IWB and ask children to read the numbers and then try making up simple number sentences. Let children take turns to enter the numbers into the calculator. Set up a calculator club where children can use the calculators on the computers or tablets to work on number challenges together. Provide them with some simple ‘Calculation cards’ to solve. Can they check their answers using other mathematical equipment? TABLET TABLES Try out some maths activities and games apps on tablets such as ‘Eduguru Maths’ which is aimed at three to five year olds and uses cute animations to develop basic maths skills. ‘Elmo Loves 123’ is another popular app designed for this age group that includes counting from one to 20 and simple addition and subtraction presented by Elmo from Sesame Street. Try ‘Komodo Maths’, ‘Doodlemaths’, and ‘Maths-whizz’ for more subscription apps that can be personalised to suit your children’s needs. ONLINE LETTERS Go to phonicsplay.co.uk for a wealth of interactive resources for all phases of phonics teaching. Try ‘PhonicsPlay Comics’ - simple decodable comic stories for children to read. Practise recognising real and fake words in the ‘Dragons Den’. My personal favourite is ‘Welcome to the zoo’ where children have to listen to animal sounds and name the animal. There are lots of apps available for tablets that develop children’s literacy skills. Go to teachyourmonstertoread.com a free app that complements synthetic phonics programmes and progresses from letters and sounds, through blending and segmenting, to reading sentences. ‘FONTASTIC’ FUN Children who are learning to write will enjoy exploring different fonts, styles, colours and sizes on the word processing app on a computer or tablet. Show children how to change the fonts in a variety of ways and invite them to write their name using lots of different fonts. Ask children to create their own name card, print them out and laminate. Go to abcya.com/games/word_clouds and let children create ‘word clouds’ or graphics of a group of words. STORY TIME The computer or tablet can be used as a fantastic resource for listening to and telling stories. Try the CBeebies Storytime app which includes interactive stories featuring favourite CBeebies characters and shows. At booktrust. org.uk there are lots of well-known and new books read aloud so children can read along. Many children’s books can be found read aloud on YouTube including some by the authors. Jude Harries presents some ideas to blow away any screen time blues with these fun online and ICT activities for EYFS... Mathematics ACTIVITIES Make learning exciting online Literacy, communication and language 32 Teachearlyyears.com

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