Nursery
Curriculum Map
Outcome
- Number recognition and counting
- Take part in finger rhymes with numbers
- React to changes of amount in a group of up to three items
- Counting-like behaviour such as making sounds, pointing or saying numbers in sequence
- Fast recognition of up to 3 objects. Without having to count them individually (subitising)
- Recite numbers past 5 in order up to 10
- Say one number for each item in order
- Know that the last number reached when counting objects tell you how many there are (cardinal principle)
Outcome
- Understanding of number
- Show finger numbers up to 5
- Count objects, actions and sounds
- Compare amounts saying ‘lots’, ‘more’, ’same’.
- Count in everyday contexts, sometimes skipping numbers
- Solve real world mathematical problems with numbers up to 10
- Compare quantities using the language of more than, fewer than
- Experiment with their own ways of recording using symbols, marks and numerals
Outcome
- Patterns
- Notice patterns and arrange things in patterns
- Talk about and identify the patterns around them e.g. shapes on cloth designs and wall paper. Use informal language like spotty, pointy etc
- Extend and create ABAB patterns with a range of resources and materials
- Notice and correct an error in a repeating pattern
- Begin to describe a sequence of events, real or fictional using words such as first, then, next
Outcome
- Shape
- Combine objects like staking blocks and cups. Put objects inside others and take them out again.
- Climbing and squeezing selves into different types of spaces
- Build with a range of resources
- Complete inset puzzles
- Talk about an explore 2D and 3D shapes e.g. circles, rectangles, triangles
- Use informal mathematical language to describe a shape such as sides, corners, straight, flat, round
- Select shapes appropriately: flat surfaces for building, triangular prism for a roof etc.
- Combine shapes to make new ones-an arch, a bigger triangle etc.
Outcome
- Position and direction
- Understand position through words alone e.g. the bag is under the table (without pointing)
- Discuss routes and locations, using words like in front of and behind
- Describe a familiar route
Outcome
- Measurement
- Compare sizes, weights etc. using gesture and language- bigger/smaller/little/high/low/tall/heavy
- Make comparisons between objects relating to size, length, weight and capacity
Outcome
- Count to ten
- Explore the composition of numbers to 10
- Link the number symbol (numeral) with its cardinal number value
- Subitise