FREE Space: I Spy Count & Choose Activity Mats | EYFS Printables

FREE Early Years Space: I Spy - Count & Choose Activity posters/Mats or Interactive Display

🚀 Launch into maths learning with our wonderful FREE Space: I Spy Count & Choose Activity Mats! This engaging printable resource is perfect for EYFS children, providing a fun and interactive way to develop counting skills, number recognition, and one-to-one correspondence through a captivating space theme.

Ideal for Preschool, Nursery, School, or for Parents and Childminders at home, these mats are a brilliant tool for creating interactive displays or engaging table-top activities.

This fantastic FREE pack features:

• Space-themed 'I Spy Count & Choose' sheets. The sheets include a variety of space-related images to count.

• A wide range of space images: Children can count items such as astronauts, planets, meteors, moons, suns, and asteroids.

• Designed for hands-on, independent learning: The activity encourages children to count a specific item and then mark the correct number at the bottom of the sheet.

(Note: Please use your own discretion and knowledge of your children to ensure appropriateness of each activity suggested on this page and safety concerning any materials given and activity undertaken.)

• 💡 How to use this resource in your classroom/setting

  Our FREE Space: I Spy Count & Choose Activity Mats are incredibly versatile and can be used in a multitude of ways across various early years environments:

  • Interactive Display: Laminate the sheets and use them as an interactive display. Children can use a whiteboard pen to circle the correct number, use a peg or stick a counter over it.

  • Table-Top Activity: Place the laminated mats on table tops with a variety of tools.

    • Use clothes pegs for a great fine motor skills activity, where children clip a peg over the correct number.

    • Use counters for a simple counting and marking activity.

    • Use whiteboard pens for a reusable and clean mark-making activity.

  • Focused Maths Practice: This resource is perfect for a focused maths session. Children can independently practise one-to-one correspondence by pointing to each item as they count.

  • Differentiated Learning: The different sheets in the pack will have a varying number of items to count, allowing you to choose the right level for each child.

  • Vocabulary Building: As children are counting, you can use the opportunity to introduce or reinforce the names of the different space objects.

• 🎯 Learning objectives covered - 🐣 EYFS Framework

  This engaging resource supports key developmental areas within the EYFS framework:

  • Mathematics (Number): Children learn to count reliably with numbers from 1 to 20 and beyond. They recognise numerals and use them to represent quantities, a core skill supported by the 'I Spy' counting.

  • Physical Development (Fine Motor Skills): The acts of using pegs, counters, or whiteboard pens strengthen hand muscles and improve hand-eye coordination.

  • Communication and Language: Children can talk about the activity, describing what they are counting and their findings.

  • Understanding the World (The World): Children learn about different objects they might find in space.

Download our FREE Space: I Spy Count & Choose Activity Mats today and add a delightful, educational, and fun touch to your maths learning! 🚀

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