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An activity to engage young children in estimating and comparing lengths.This is adapted from an idea originally published on the Teacher Resource Exchange by Katie Robinson, University College Chichester.

Objective
Estimating then comparing directly two lengths, using language: longer, shorter and the same as.

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A set of 20 outdoor maths trail cards from Sparklebox. These simple (but colourful) resources are free to download, and offer a useful starting point for work on early counting skills.

Maths Trail Cards [SparkleBox]

If you have fallen leaves on your school grounds, you can use them as the starting point for a number of mathematical investigations.

Go on a leaf hunt and have your class decide on three of their 'favourite' leaves. You could also ask the children to bring in three leaves from their own garden. Place the leaves in a pile and encourage the class to decide how to sort them.  more >>

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