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Sock sorting

As part of their 'counting and size' topic, staff in Green Class at Akrotiri Primary School, in Cyprus, created a washing line display to encourage children to sort socks by pegging them in order along it. Planned learning intentions

Planned learning intentions

To order items by length

To talk about and recognise simple patterns

To count reliably up to ten everyday objects

Resources

* Blue and green frieze paper * contrasting border roll * thick card * felt pens * string * two cardboard tubes * ten plastic pegs * white paper * paint * laminator Step by step

* Back a low display board with green and blue paper to represent grass and sky, and surround it with a contrasting border.

* Paint two cardboard tubes to represent clothes posts. Fix them to each side of the display and tie string between them to form a washing line.

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