Key Stage 1 Numeracy Homework
Reception Addition/Addition
"Oranges and Lemons"

What will this game will achieve?
This activity will give your child the opportunity to estimate. It will also allow your child to compare containers by filling and emptying them and ordering according to size

You will need:

• Look at the plant pots with your child.
• Talk about which is the biggest/smallest.
• Put them in order.
• Ask your child to estimate how many oranges and lemons will fit into the smallest pot.
• Now ask your child to check if he/she was right.
• Repeat this activity for each plant pot.
  

Questions to ask:

Which plant pot holds more/less than this one?
Which plant pot holds the most/least?
Which plant pot is bigger/smaller than this one?

Extension:

You can repeat this activity with a variety of containers around the house
e.g. How many biscuits will fill the biscuit tin?
How many sweets fill this packet?