How to use a tens frame to make numbers up to 20 make sense for a young child

Expandable tens frame photos- for maths at home or on a whiteboard.

one conker in a ten frame

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10 frame with 10 eggs for counting

Can you write a number story to go with this photo?

10 frame with 4 eggs 2 plus 2

10 frame with 5 eggs 3 plus 2

10 frame with 9 eggs for counting

10 frame with 5 eggs for counting

10 frame with 4 eggs for counting

10 frame with 6 eggs 3 plus 3

10 frame with 6 eggs 4 plus 2

10 frame with 7 eggs for counting

10 frame with 6 eggs for counting

10 frame with 8 eggs for counting

10 frame with 9 eggs 6 plus 3

10 frame with 7 eggs 5 plus 2

10 frame with 10 eggs 5 plus 5

10 frame with 9 eggs 4 plus 5

10 frame with 8 eggs 4 plus 4



Slide show ten frame pictures- for maths at home or on a whiteboard.

Ask "How did you figure out how many there are?"

five conkers in ten frame
eight conkers in ten frame
eleven conkers in ten frame
seven conkers in ten frame
ten conkers in ten frame
thirteen conkers in ten frame
nine conkers in ten frame
twenty conkers in ten frame
nineteen conkers in ten frame

Looking for an easy, inspiring way to introduce a ten frame to your class and their families? Help every child have visual images of numbers without the physical materials that create distractions and need clearing away. Display on your whiteboard You can access this resource, for free, online at any time. Extra clear photos that can be expanded to fill your whiteboard screen. Display an image and talk and ask for ideas about how you can figure out how many there are. Choose a magic number, display images randomly until the magic number comes up. Display the images for 2 or 3 seconds to encourage the development of subitising skills.
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