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Number games
Counting
Point to numbers on a 1-100 grid (see resources) as children pass a teddy around the circle while counting to 100. Whoever says a multiple of 10 holds the bear up in the air. Carry on round and round the circle to 100.
Number bonds
Roll a large 1 to 6 dice. Children show you on their fingers how many are needed to make 6. If you roll a 6, they just hold up a fist to show zero!
Chants/Rhymes/Songs
Use a counting to 100 song to get fit! E.g. Let's Get Fit - Count to 100
Story
One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab: A Counting by Feet Book by April Pulley Sayre, Jeffrey Sayre and Randy Cecil.
Exploring 100
Counting
Together, chant the numbers to 100, using both hands to mark the 10s: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10! 11, 12 etc.
Number bonds
Put children in pairs: one child is a lion, the other a tiger! Tigers, show me 4 fingers. They calculate how many fingers their partner (the lion) must hold up to show 6 altogether. Repeat, asking tigers to show 0 to 6 fingers. Lions show the complement to 6. Try to build up the pace!
Tigers and lions swap roles. (Use for any pair you want to practise from 5 to 10.)
Chants/Rhymes/Songs
Sing or say the Centipede song (see resources) or learn it here before using with the class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzUor8a5ARs
Story
The hundred decker bus by Mike Smith
or
Doggies by Sandra Boynton.
