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Cup stacking

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Cup stacking

What to do with this activity?

This is great fun and a brilliant challenge for little minds and hands. All you need are some paper or polystyrene cups.

Have a go and see if you can do as well as this young lad. You can time it if you like, but remember that it's only for fun.

You can make it a fun maths exercise in counting and pyramids with "Bedtime Math". Experiment building towers of different shapes. Enjoy!

 

 

  • Why am I doing this?

    Maths is more than working with numbers. It also consists of shape and space, patterns, measuring – things you do and come across in everyday life. When children begin to learn formal maths at school, they are building on a foundation of early numeracy learning from home. Even though they may not even be aware of it, parents and children engage in numeracy activity as part of their everyday lives.

  • How can I do more?

    Always teach numbers in a natural way through everyday activities and play. Count steps on a stairs, food in your shopping trolley or cows in a field.  Compare things when talking big or small, long or short, older or younger and faster or slower: “You carry the small box and I’ll take the big one.” Use the words – up and down, over and under, near or far, more or less when talking to your child. Talk about the shapes of everyday things. Ask your child what shapes they can see around the room they’re in.

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