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Ordinals race
Drag the labels into the slots and use the 'Mark' button to see if you're right.
Discussion points
- Which character is the winner?
- Who will finish last?
- Who is next to the pink man?
- Which characters are ahead of the pink man?
- Which characters are behind Brown Monkey?
- The nth character is __?
Teaching tips:
Use this activity after looking at ‘Numerical order: 1-10’ to make sure children are secure in counting to 10.
Children could be given a selection of toys and printed-out ordinal numbers to let the toys have a ‘race’. Can they place the correct ordinal number next to the right toy?
Alternatively, let children have fun with ordinal numbers in the ‘Race and chase’ game to see if they can reach the top spot!
Children could be given a selection of toys and printed-out ordinal numbers to let the toys have a ‘race’. Can they place the correct ordinal number next to the right toy?
Alternatively, let children have fun with ordinal numbers in the ‘Race and chase’ game to see if they can reach the top spot!
Use this activity after looking at ‘Numerical order: 1-10’ and ‘Numerical order: written numbers up to 10’ for children to make comparisons between numerals, words and their ordinal value.
Discuss each character, talk about who they are ahead of/behind/in between to support the idea of positional language and its link to ordinal numbers.
Let children have fun with ordinal numbers in the ‘Race and chase’ game to see if they can reach the top spot!
Discuss each character, talk about who they are ahead of/behind/in between to support the idea of positional language and its link to ordinal numbers.
Let children have fun with ordinal numbers in the ‘Race and chase’ game to see if they can reach the top spot!
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