Overview for Early Years Foundation Stage (E.Y.F.S) Mathematics

Essential experience, knowledge and skills required for Autumn Year 1:

Key experiences:

To have used concrete materials such as cubes and counters, number lines to practise counting forwards and backwards and visuals to reinforce knowledge when applying to real life problems.

Key knowledge:

To understand the value of numbers to 10, subitise numbers to 10, compare the value of numbers to 10, recall number bonds to 5, order numbers to 10, verbally count to 20.

Key skills: To use the vocabulary more, less, equal, one more than, one less than, less than, greater than, altogether, total, plus, minus and equals. To make and order numbers to 10 using a range of visuals and concrete materials. To accurately form numbers to 10.

Specific Area of Learning

Mathematics

Early Learning Goals

Key Vocabulary to be developed in EYFS

How this is achieved in EYFS

Mathematics

KS1 National Curriculum

  Number

·          Have a deep understanding of number to 10, including the composition of each number

·          ‘Subitise’ (recognise quantities without counting) up to 5

·          Automatically recall (without reference to rhymes, counting or other aids) number bonds to 5 (including subtraction facts

Numerical Patterns

·          Verbally count beyond 20, recognising the pattern of the counting system

·          Compare quantities up to 10 in different contexts, recognising when one quantity is greater than, less than or the same as the other quantity

·          Explore and represent patterns within numbers up to 10, including evens and odds, double facts and how quantities can be distributed equally

Linked to C&L, pupils will:

·         Ask questions to find out more and to check they understand what has been said to them

·         Describe events in some detail

·         Use some vocabulary in different contexts

·         Engage in non-fiction books

·         Listen to and talk about selected non-fiction to develop a deep familiarity with new knowledge and vocabulary.

·          Counting

·          Comparing

·          More, less, equal

·          One more than, one less than

·          Less than, greater than

·          Patterns

·          Sorting

·          Problem solving

·          Heavy, heavier, light, lighter, balanced

·          Capacity

·          Empty, nearly empty, half empty, half full, nearly full, full

·          Long, longer, the longest

·          Short, shorter, the shortest

·          Tall, taller, the tallest

·          Part whole

·          Number pairs/number bonds

·          Altogether, total

·          Doubling, halving

·          Odd, even

·          Plus, minus, equals

·          Number sentence

·          2D and 3D shapes

·          circle, square, rectangle, triangle

·          sphere, cube, cuboid, cone

·          Daily input in line with ‘Mastering Number at EY and KS1’ Scheme of work

·          Small group adult-led activities

·          Maths activities in Child Initiated Learning

·          Opportunities to count – snack time, lining up, cooking

·          Sand and water activities

·          Construction, use and manipulation of shapes and patterns

·          Puzzles

·          Dice games

·          Maths songs (nursery rhymes, counting songs, shapes, number bonds)

Working mathematically

·       Solve simple problems involving addition and subtraction in familiar contexts.

·       Tackle simple problems and provide simple reasons for their opinion.

Number and Place Value: Numbers to 10, 40, 100

·       Counting, Reading and writing numbers to 100

·       Understanding the value of 0.

·       Compare and order numbers to 10, 40 and 100.

·       Understand the concept of one more and one less.

·       Counting in tens and ones.

·       Observe and use number patterns.

·       Compare and order numbers.

·       Pattern seeking when counting numbers in 1, 2, 5.

Calculations: Addition and Subtraction

·       Add and subtract using a range of methods including number bonds, counting on, crossing back, making ten and adding the remainder, partitioning, counting back from the largest number.

·       Complete number sentences.

·       Making addition and subtraction stories.

·       Solving picture problems involving addition and subtraction.

Calculations: Multiplication and division

·          Making and adding equal groups.

·          Making equal rows.

·          Making doubles.

·          Grouping and sharing equally.

·         Solving word problems – equal groups.

Fractions

·            Making halves.

·            Making quarters.

·            Sharing and grouping numbers.

Geometry – Position and Direction: Positions

·       Naming positions in queues.

·       Naming left and right positions. Describe positions in relation to one another.

·       Describe movement.

·       Understand how to make turns connected with time.

Geometry – Properties of Shape: Shapes and Patterns

·       Recognising 3D and 2D shapes.

·       Grouping 2D shapes.

·       Making patterns.

Measurement: Length and Height

·       Comparing Height and Length.

·       Measuring using items – pencils, books. Body parts.

·       Measuring using a ruler.

Measurement: Volume and Capacity

·       Compare volume and capacity using more than and less than.

·       Find the volume and capacity of a container using non-standard measurements.

·       Describe volume using the terms halves and quarter.

Measurement: Mass

·       Compare mass using terms heavy, light, heavier and lighter.

·       Find the mass using non- standard measurements.

·       Find and compare the mass using non- standard units.

Measurement: Time

·       Telling the time to the hour and half hour.

·       Ordering events using next, before and after.

·       Estimate times using seconds, minutes and hours.

·       Compare time using quicker, slower, earlier and later.

·       Using a calendar to learn the days of the week and months of the year.

Measurement: Money 

·          Recognising coins and notes.