* Saying and using number names when playing with vegetables, packets, coins, etc.
* Reliably counting up items such as buns, cakes, boxes, shoes, potatoes.
* Recognising numerals 1 to 9 on, for example, coins, notes, receipts, price labels and sale signs.
* Using developing mathematical ideas and methods to solve practical problems - for example, finding that ten small potatoes fit into a paper bag, investigating how many fit into another bag of the same size and exploring why the total number is always the same.
Calculating
* Beginning to use the vocabulary involved in adding and subtracting - for example, 'If we add three more flowers to the bunch, there will be eight, because five and three make eight.'
* Using language such as 'more' and 'fewer' to compare two numbers - for example, 'there are more boots than shoes because there are six boots and four shoes.'
* Finding one more or one less than a number from one to 10 - for example, knowing there are five buns, hats, flowers, loaves or toys left when one is taken away from a group of six or that there are nine when one is added to a group of eight.
* Beginning to relate addition to combining two groups of objects and subtraction to taking away - for example, 'If we add the cakes to the biscuits, we will have more to sell.'
Shape, space and measures
* Using language such as 'greater', 'smaller, 'heavier' or 'lighter' to compare quantities - for example, 'The red socks are smaller than the blue socks' or 'The bag of vegetables is much heavier than the basket.'
* Talking about, recognising and recreating simple patterns on fabrics or when designing wrapping paper.
* Using everyday language such as 'circle' or 'bigger' to describe the shape and size of solids and flat shapes such as boxes, packets, tins, bags, vegetables, toys and flowers.
* Using developing mathematical ideas and methods to solve practical problems - for example, exploring the most appropriate box for a particular toy, or how much wrapping paper or ribbon is needed to wrap a present.
