10
cloth books and
stories to share
with young
babies
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Numeracy
(Numbers,
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Shapes,
Space, Measure)
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Develops an
awareness of
number names
through their
enjoyment of
action rhymes
and songs that
relate to their
experience with
numbers
Recognise big
things and small
things in
meaningful
contexts
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Interested in
books and
rhymes and have
favourites
Read stories that
the children
already know
Encourage
children to use
the stories they
hear in their play
Distinguishes
between the
different marks
they make
Provide materials
which reflect a
cultural spread,
so that children
see symbols and
marks with which
they are familiar
Collect number
and counting
rhymes from a
range of cultures
They say some
counting words
randomly
Play games that
are related to
number order
Talk about math
in everyday
situations
Notices simple
shapes and
patterns in
pictures
Use descriptive
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allow children to
experience and
talk about how
characters feel
Uses vocabulary
and forms of
speech that are
increasingly
influenced by
their experience
with books
Make books with
children of
activities they
have been doing,
using
photographs of
them as
illustrations
Model writing
poems and short
stories
Use pictures and
objects to
illustrate
counting songs,
rhymes and
number stories
Include counting
money and
change in roleplay activities
Separates a
group of three or
four objects in
different ways
beginning to
recognise that the
total is still the
same