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Developing subitising skills with the Domino 10-Frame Tray

Developing number sense in young children focuses on three skill strands: counting, comparison, and composition (Griffiths, Gifford and Back, 2016). The Domino 10-Frame Tray helps to support early counting and comparison, with its unique and easily recognisable pattern helping children to develop subitising skills.

Number fun to 10! Activity ideas for number pebbles.

Tried-and-tested inspiration from a Reception class teacher using Number Pebbles, with pre-schoolers through to KS1:

Exciting ideas for investigative play and STEAM learning in the early years

We asked you to share science experiments and investigative play activities that your children have loved doing. There were so many brilliant suggestions that we thought it would be helpful to collate some of them to inspire other practitioners and parents.

What is maths mastery in the Early Years?

A child has mastered counting to ten when they have a deep understanding of the numbers to ten. It takes time to develop depth of understanding and it is important that children are provided with the time and resources to explore and enjoy number.

Top Picks – Letters and Sounds

This range of multisensory resources offer engaging ways to support and encourage pre-reading skills. Children will want to get hands-on with letters and their sounds as they explore these tactile resources, interactive apps.

Top Picks for – Early Maths

This range of maths resources has been selected with parents in mind, as they play and learn at home with their children. They all work well for one-to-one learning and are designed to be taken outdoors too!

Finding meaning in mud

Creating space for a mud kitchen in your setting will have a significant impact on the learning of the children in your care. Here’s our 10 marvelous reasons for muddy play!

Bringing in the Harvest!

In the villages around Cambridge – Yellow Door’s home, residents know harvest is happening when they hear tractors rumble by, see farmers putting their combine harvesters to work, and haystacks appearing in the fields. The fruit and vegetable stalls in the city market fill with autumnal produce: a celebration of hedgerows, orchards and fields.