• Supports work on patterns e.g. recognising, identifying, creating and extending patterns, including those that repeat.
• EYFS, Mathematics
• Provide collections for children to compare numbers.
• EYFS, Personal, Social & Emotional Development
• Provide opportunities for children to tell each other about their work and play.
• EYFS, Communication & Language
• Develops a wider range of vocabulary.
• Engage parents with these monster-themed maths games by Alice Sharp, in five take-home backpacks.
• Each bag features a charming monster, accessories, and an activity booklet with engaging maths games to support early years skills.
• Enhance early years communication and language skills with monster-themed maths games. These resources support the EYFS curriculum and promote personal, social, and emotional development. Each of the five mini backpacks includes a plush monster, accessories, and an activity booklet by early years specialist Alice Sharp, making learning fun and encouraging parental involvement at home.
• Children engage in sorting, matching, counting, pattern recognition, sequencing, and understanding shapes and opposites. These tasks help them compare numbers, identify shapes, and understand size differences, all within a playful monster theme. Activities include finding monsters, matching socks, and dressing them in patterned ties and glasses, helping to embed early maths concepts.
The take-home bags also foster sharing, play, and vocabulary development as children tell each other about their work and play, supporting both teachers and parents in early years education.
• Find the opposites
• Match the pairs
• Compare size, colour and pattern
• Sort and match