Maths

Do you know how to draw a  tally chart?

Can you use a tally chart to count how many birds you can see in your garden or whilst you are out on a walk?

Stand very quietly for about 5 minutes.

Every time you spot a bird make a mark on a piece of paper or on the ground with a stick or chalks.

Can you count the marks to find out how many birds you saw?

Do you know how to write that numeral?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Here is a little rhyme about birds to help you to learn to count backwards from 5 to 0.

Five little robins with Daddy Robin soar.

One baby leaves the nest and now there are four.

Four baby robins high in a tree,

One flies to catch a worm, and now there are three.

Three little robins had nothing to do,

One tried his new-found wings, and then there were two.

Two little robins frolicked in the sun,

One chased away a bug, and then there was one.

One baby robin left all alone, 

And this baby robin decided to stay home!