Key Stage 1 Numeracy Homework
Year 2 Data Handling
"Five Little Frogs"

What will this game will achieve?
This activity will help your child appreciate the order of coordinates (horizontal _ then vertical |).  It will also help locate objects using a co-ordinate grid.

You will need:

                                                       
How do you play?

• Each player sticks down five frogs at random on different squares on their board, without letting their opponent see.
• Take it in turns to call out different co-ordinates e.g. B3, A2 etc.
  
• If you have guessed correctly, mark the appropriate square with a counter.
• The winner is the first player to guess correctly where all their opponents frogs are

Keywords:

Co-orinate
Horizontal
Vertical

NB Co-ordinates are always read horizontally then vertically i.e. Along the corridor , Up the stairs