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Five and Ten Frames - Blank A4 Horizontal
These large sized basic 5 and 10 frames are ideal for using in conjunction with counting objects you have within your setting. Alternatively, download our ‘Five and Ten Frame - Coloured Counters’ pack to use in conjunction with these frames.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Five and Ten Frames - Coloured Counters
Print the coloured counter sets you would like from within this ‘Five and Ten Frame - Coloured Counters’ pack to use in conjunction with our five and ten frames.
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Subitising - Turn and Check Cards (A6)
These cards are to be cut and folded along the middle and then laminated to make a longer lasting resource.
The children are to be encouraged to say how many dots there are straight away with no counting. They could use these independently and self-check or the cards could be held up by an adult as part of a group activity.
Print and use the cards appropriate for your children. 22 cards within pack for subitising numbers 1-6. Blank cards at the end to make your own if required.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Subitising - Turn and Check Cards (A5)
These cards are to be cut and folded along the middle and then laminated to make a longer lasting resource.
The children are to be encouraged to say how many dots there are straight away with no counting. They could use these independently and self-check or the cards could be held up by an adult as part of a group activity.
Print and use the cards appropriate for your children. 22 cards within pack for subitising numbers 1-6. Blank card template at the end to make your own if required.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Subitising - Large Flash Cards (A4)
The children are to be encouraged to say how many dots there are straight away with no counting. They are intended to be held up by an adult as part of a group or class activity.
Print and use the cards appropriate for your children. 22 cards within pack for subitising numbers 1-6. Blank card template at the end to make your own if required.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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NUMBER FORMATION WITH PICTURES
12 Sheets are included in this pack to aid the development of counting skills and number formation. Sheets include 0-10, plus an additional ‘5’ sheet at the end which shows an alternate formation in order for you to choose which one best suits your setting. We have used a dot system to signal to children where to put their pencil to begin (green dot) and where to take their pencils off of the paper (red dot). The orange/amber dot denotes a mid point or change in direction.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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NUMBER FORMATION WITH STARS
12 Sheets are included in this pack to aid the development of counting skills and number formation. Sheets include 0-10, plus an additional ‘5’ sheet at the end which shows an alternate formation in order for you to choose which one best suits your setting. We have used a dot system to signal to children where to put their pencil to begin (green dot) and where to take their pencils off of the paper (red dot). The orange/amber dot denotes a mid point or change in direction.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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INDIVIDUAL NUMBER LINES (0-10 & 0-20) - THEMES
Need number lines in a particular theme? Perhaps you'd like your number lines to be a different theme for each of your tables so that it's easy to tell where it came from? This pack includes 4 different themes of number line for you to choose from, (plus an extra blank set for children to create their own!) Each 0-10 or 0-20 number line (made up of boxes), spans the length of an A4 page. (Why not also check out our colour number lines?)
Pack includes 10 Number Lines (5 pages):
Blank (0-10 & 0-20)
Dinosaurs (0-10 & 0-20)
Minibeasts (0-10 & 0-20)
Pirate (0-10 & 0-20)
Wild Animals (0-10 & 0-20)
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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INDIVIDUAL NUMBER LINES (0-10 & 0-20) - COLOURS
Need number lines in a particular colour? Perhaps you'd like your number lines to be a different colour for each of your tables so that it's easy to tell where it came from? This pack includes 5 different colours of number line for you to choose from. Each 0-10 or 0-20 number line (made up of boxes), spans the length of an A4 page. (Why not also check out our themed number lines?)
Pack includes 10 Number Lines (5 pages):
Black (0-10 & 0-20)
Red (0-10 & 0-20)
Green (0-10 & 0-20)
Blue (0-10 & 0-20)
Yellow (0-10 & 0-20)
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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NUMBER FORMATION SHEETS - FADING
Handy differentiated number formation writing sheets.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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NUMBER OF ITEMS/LOOSE PARTS/PLAYDOUGH SHEETS
Use these versatile number recognition and counting sheets for multiple purposes. Why not create some art using loose parts, e.g. buttons, Lego bricks, natural resources, etc. to make the outline of the number and place the correct number of objects in the boxes? Also great development for fine motor skills. Ideal for use as playdough mats.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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ORDINAL NUMBERS FLOOR PUZZLE ACTIVITY/GAME
Floor Puzzle to cut out and laminate. Children can help put together to learn the ordinal numbers.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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PLAIN NUMBER LINE CARDS (0-20)
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ADDITION MAT - COMBINING 2 GROUPS
This mat is designed to engage children in learning about the concept of addition. It serves as a bridge between physically counting objects and writing mathematical equations.
How to use…
• Adult or child can choose numbers to write in the green squares.
• Then child to count out that number of items (e.g. buttons, playdough balls, cotton reels, building blocks) for each large brown box above the corresponding green squares.
• Finally, the child can count all of the items and write the answer in the golden box.
This completes the grid with an addition number sentence, e.g. “3 plus 5 is equal to 8”.
(Buttons are shown as an example – be sure to use risk assessed age-appropriate loose parts as you see fit.)
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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SUBTRACTION MAT
This mat is designed to engage children in learning about the concept of subtraction. It serves as a bridge between physically counting objects and writing mathematical equations.
How to use…
• Adult to write numbers in the green and red squares.
• Then child to count out the number of items (e.g. buttons, playdough balls, cotton reels, building blocks) representing the number in the green box (to be placed in the oval).
• Child to take-away the red number of items from the board.
• Child to write the number of items left in the oval as the answer in the golden box.
This completes the grid with a subtraction number sentence, e.g. “8 take away 6 is equal to 2”.
(Buttons are shown as an example – be sure to use risk assessed age-appropriate loose parts as you see fit.)
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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MULTIPLICATION MATS (X 2, 3, 4 & 5)
These mats are designed to engage children in learning about the concept of multiplication. They serve as a bridge between physically counting objects and writing mathematical equations.
How to use…
• Adult to write number in the green square.
• Then child to count that number of items (e.g. buttons, playdough balls, cotton reels, building blocks) into each container.
• Child to count all of the items and then write the answer in the golden box.
This completes the grid with a multiplication number sentence, e.g. “3 lots of 4 is equal to 12”.
(Buttons are shown as an example – be sure to use risk assessed age-appropriate loose parts as you see fit.)
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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CAN YOU SHARE IT FAIRLY? MAT
This mat is designed to engage children in learning about the concept of sharing quantities equally. How to use…
Adult or child can choose a number to write in the top right corner.
Then child to count that number of items (e.g. buttons, playdough balls, cotton reels, building blocks) for the top box.
Finally, the child can investigate if the number can be shared fairly to the two bottom boxes.
(Buttons are shown as an example – be sure to use risk assessed age-appropriate loose parts as you see fit.)
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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SHAPE ADDITION SHEETS
Handy addition sheets using 2D shapes. Visual representation of shapes allows children to use 1:1 correspondence to count the object and practice writing the correct number in the appropriate box. Alternatively the children could draw the total number of shapes in each box. Also worth a look are our 2D shape cards, shape mats, shape cutting activity and shape walk sheet.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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BUILDING BLOCKS PATTERN/COLOUR CHALLENGE CARDS
Challenge cards for children to use with building blocks such as Duplo and Lego. Children to look closely at the pattern on the cards and attempt to copy them with the blocks. Ideal for observation skills, consolidating colour knowledge, fine motor control development and communication and language e.g. describing patterns/colours and discussing similarities and differences.
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CLOCK NUMBERS - CUT & STICK ACTIVITY
Cut and stick activity to reinforce number recognition and think about the number positions on a clock face.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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BASIC SUDOKU PUZZLES - PICTURES AND NUMBERS
Basic Sudoku puzzles for if your children are up to a problem solving challenge! Number and picture variations. Number/picture cards to be cut out for children to use in solving the puzzles.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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