Try this fun and engaging maths game designed to teach primary school children how to count and recognise simple patterns, taken from Claire Brewer and Kate Bradley’s new book 101 Inclusive and SEN Maths Lessons for P Level Learning.
Pass the Parcel
Resources
A ‘pass the parcel’ set-up with shape symbols in each layer
Range of matching 2D shapes
Activity
The children sit in a circle.
In the middle of the circle an adult places all the 2D shapes so the children can see them clearly.
Play ‘Pass the parcel’. Each time the music stops and a child unwraps a layer to reveal a shape chard, the child has to find the matching shape from the middle of the circle.
At the end of the game, count all the shapes and see who has the most!
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