The Big Carrot - Maths Storybook Lesson for EYFS

Want to develop a deep understanding of the numbers to 10 and the relationships between them? This is a practical-based lesson with supporting resources to accompany the Maths picture book ‘The Big Carrot’ by Alison Hawes and Stuart Trotter. The lesson is designed with early learning in mind - so the suggestion following the lesson input is a practical activity set up for guided play and exploration.

A fun, practical fusion of reading comprehension, Maths and independent investigation, the children will be super engaged with the fun story and the hands-on, practical related investigation afterwards. A fun way to introduce the concept of growing number patterns; this lesson encourages the children to count both forwards and backwards confidently to 10, use their reasoning skills to find missing numbers in sequences and to look for relationships between the numbers. This lesson includes supporting resources found in most early learning classrooms (see below for details).

This pack contains:

• Detailed Maths lesson plan
• Key Comprehension Questions for read-aloud
• Printable pictures to accompany input/activity

Additional resources needed:

• The book ‘The Big Carrot’ by Alison Hawes and Stuart Trotter (FYI there are YouTube readings if budget is low!)
• Whiteboard/flipchart for input
• Blue-tac
• Scrap paper for number labelling
• A selection of resources - building blocks/vehicles/natural resources like stones and sticks - anything that you have several of

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