KS1 Maths: Numbers - Counting to five

Video summary

Rodd is baking buns when he receives a package containing novelty gloves about the speckled frogs, monkeys jumping on the bed and currant buns.

He uses them to create body movements, matching and counting cherries for his buns, singing and drawing the numeral, all to help children with their numeracy skills.

Children can help Rodd hunt for the numeral five on his shelf and join in with physical actions based on the number five.

They can then help him solve a problem as he wonders how to find out whether he has enough cherries for his buns.

Rodd then invites the children to sing the number five song and draw a large numeral five.

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

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Teacher Notes

Ask children to pretend to be frogs hopping around and, on a signal, they must gather into groups of five.

Using plastic ducks, ask children to work out how many green paper ‘lily pads’ they would need for eachduck to sit on a lily pad.

Children can sort play people into sets of five, and count how many playdough sausages they need for each play person to have a ‘sausage’.

Children can dip the fingertips of one hand into thick paint and put one finger or thumb down on paper, one at a time, each time they hear a drum beat.

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 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'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

Rodd counts his Auntie's seven pairs of bloomers, the days of the week, the colours of the rainbow and the Seven Dwarves. He asks the children to join him in singing a song about the number seven.

The number 7

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
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