Fruit in a Trolley (1) Colourful Semantics Early Maths Pack - blueberries, grapes, oranges

Colourful Semantics Visual resources to address EYFS Maths Targets Numbers 1-5, the same, more , fewer, round,square: colour-coded sentence strips x 6 & colour-block question pictures x 6 + matching colour-coded pictures x 19 + toy trolley with fruit counters x 15 + plates baseboard + picture instructions x 22

This pack uses ‘Colourful Semantics’ theory to support Early Years Maths Targets as follows:

EYFS Maths Targets Numbers SMM7, N8 (30-50 months), SMM8, SMM9, N15, N16, N20, N23 (40-60 months): Beginning to talk about the shapes of objects; Compares 2 groups of objects, saying when they have the same number; beginning to use mathematical terms for 2D shapes; selects a particular named shape; Recognises numerals 1-5; counts up to 3 or 4 objects; selects the correct numeral to represent 1-5; uses the language of ‘more’ or ‘fewer’ to compare 2 sets of objects.

The pack helps children to use and understand the following words/concepts:

one, two, three, four, five, the same number, more, fewer, round, square; (bunch of) blueberries, (bunch of) grapes, orange.

There is a toy trolley with 15 miniature fruit counters: 5 each of blueberries, grapes and oranges.

There are 6 colour-block question words: orange-Who?, yellow-What doing?, cloud shape - What like? (How many?), green - What?, blue-Where?, purple rectangle - joining words e.g. “and”.

There are six different 4-part colour coded sentence strips with colour-coded pictures to match as follows: 1 subject card (I), 3 action cards (put, see, want), 8 number cards, 3 object cards, 3 place cards and 1 joining word card (and).

There is a baseboard with 2 plates drawn on it and 22 picture instructions with different amounts of blueberries , grapes or oranges on each plate. These go with the trolley and 5 each of the miniature blueberries, grapes and oranges.

The visual resources are used to give instructions using the toy trolley, fruit counters and plates baseboard.

The fruit counters come in a small bag and fit with the toy trolley into an A5 zipped bag, labelled with a brown parcel tag. The visual resources and tips fit into an A4 popper bag, also labelled with a brown parcel tag for convenient storage and portability.

This pack will help your child learn some maths concepts and take turns commenting, requesting and giving instructions using 4 word sentences, supported by colour-coding. Highly recommended for children with delayed language and children with autism.