Page 9 - Numeracy Skills

GUESTIMATE

• Children work in groups of 4 with their 6
bricks in front of them.
• When the teacher says, “Go”, each child
picks up a few of their 6 bricks and throws
them into a pile in the middle.
• Teacher asks the children to look quickly at
the bricks in the middle.
• Estimate how many yellow / green / blue /
red / orange / bricks there are; then count to
see how accurate you were.
• Teacher calls out any 2 colours; children
look quickly and estimate their total number -
count and check.

Variations:

Teacher calls out any 3 or 4 colours. Repeat
the activity.

Q: Can you estimate how many bricks there are
altogether?

• Count and check your answers.
• At the end of the activity, children collect their
6 bricks again.

• Repeat the activity, children throwing in a
different random number of bricks each time.
• All have a quick look at the pile.

Q: How many bricks are lying studs up / studs
down?
Q: How many bricks are lying with studs on the
side?
Q: Can you estimate then count?

• Children throw in random numbers of bricks
• Teacher calls out a colour name, e.g. “yellow”
• The children must call out how many yellow
bricks they see in the pile.
• Repeat with other colours.

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