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• How many aeroplanes can you see? Show the number on the number line.
• Place red bricks on the boxes that have more than 5 things in them.
• Place yellow bricks on the boxes that have less than 4 things in them.
• Which two groups could you combine to make 5?
• How many brown teddies can you see? Mark the number on the number line.
• How many pink flowers are in the box? Mark the number on the number line.
• How many yellow ducks are in the box? Mark the number on the number line.
• How many spinning tops can you see? Mark the number on the number line.
• How many motorbikes are in this box? Mark the number on the number line.
• How many coloured cubes are in this box? Mark the number on the number line.
• How many cars can you see? Mark the number on the number line.

• How many aliens are in this box? Mark the number on the number line.
• On the top row, use your interactive whiteboard pen to draw an outline around the ducks,
aeroplanes and teddy to form one larger set. How many things in this set? Mark the
answer on the number line with a yellow brick.
• If I combine the aeroplanes and the ducks, how many things will I have altogether? Show
me that number on the number line.
• There are 10 cars in this box. If I took 2 away, how many would be left? Place a brick to
show me the answer on the number line.
• Place a yellow brick on 6. Now place another yellow brick on a box with 6 things in it.

• Place a red brick on 9. Now place a matching red brick on a box with 9 things in it.
• Continue placing other brick colours on numbers and matching brick colours to its
equivalent matching set of objects

This is a simple activity mat, but when combined with Six Bricks, the the interactive
whiteboard (IWB) software, creative application, and skillful questioning by you the teacher,
well it becomes a great tool to build number skills and concepts up to 10.

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