KS1 Maths: Counting up to number 7

Video summary

Rodd’s Auntie has had to use his washing machine and hangs up her seven pairs of bloomers on a washing line.

Each pair is a colour of the rainbow, and Auntie has hung her bloomers in rainbow order.

Using the weekly planner on Rodd’s wall, Auntie explains that she has a different pair of bloomers for each day of the week, and counts to check.

The children can help Auntie find the numeral, remember the Snow White story, play a seven dressing game, and count the colours of a rainbow.

They can sing about seven and draw the numeral in the air.

This is from the series: Counting with Rodd Counting with Rodd 1.

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Teacher Notes

Write the names of the days of the week across the length of the back of a roll of wallpaper.

Underneath each day, ask children to paint, in order, a circle in the colours of the rainbow, i.e. starting with ‘red’ under ‘Monday’.

Keep the wallpaper on the floor for one week.

On each day, ask children to put seven objects or drawings in that day’s circle that are the same colour as the circle.

On Friday, children can put the items in the circles for Saturday and Sunday.

Ask children to see if they can make a model using only seven pieces from construction sets.

This clip is relevant for teaching Maths at KS1 in England, Foundation Phase in Wales and Early and 1st Level in Scotland. Also Foundation and KS1 in Northern Ireland.

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Rodd discovers that umbrellas have eight spokes, spiders have eight legs and octopuses have eight arms. He invites children to count the spiders' wellies and sing the number eight song with him.

The number 8

Rodd is dressed as a firefighter for his fancy-dress party, which will have nine guests. He thinks about 999, does firefighter exercises, and counts that he has enough of everything for the party.

The number 9

Rodd is thinking about the number ten, doing ‘ten’ exercises and playing mini ‘ten-pin bowling’.

The number 10

Rodd thinks about how the number one applies to the picture he is painting of animals and scenery.

The number one

Rodd thinks about how the number two applies to the bike he is cleaning.

The number 2

Rodd thinks about how the number three applies to the books he is reading.

The number 3

Rodd thinks about how the number four applies to the things around him.

The number 4

Rodd gets a package of novelty gloves, and uses them to count on his fingers all the number fives around him, encouraging children to count with him and sing a song about the number five.

The number 5

Rodd's ladybird cake has six legs, his egg-box has six eggs and his giant die has six sides. He dresses up as a chicken and asks the children to join him in pretending to lay six eggs.

The number 6
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