NUMBER MATCHING

Things you will need:

Cardboard box

Alternatives:

  • Cereal box

  • Paper on a tabletop

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Early Years Toolkit

Toy cars

Alternatives:

  • Figurines

  • Trains

Early Years Toolkit

Pen, Scissors, Ruler

Early Years Toolkit
Early Years Toolkit

Cut out the front panel of the cardboard box. 

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Draw 10 parking spaces.

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Write numbers 1-10 in the parking spaces.

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Write the same numbers on sticky labels and stick them to the tops of the cars.

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Ask your child to drive the cars to the correct spaces, by matching the numbers.

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Variations and ways to extend:

  • Randomise the numbers.

  • Make a higher number of spaces.

  • Make fewer spaces.

  • Use some favourite toys instead of cars.