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6 outdoor lessons for teaching addition to 10 to Year 1

Year 1 - Addition to 10

Transform your addition and number bonds lessons into exciting outdoor adventures packed with movement, creativity, and discovery. From turning number bonds into dance routines, to hunting for sums, building giant part–part–whole models, and playing energetic maths games, these activities bring numbers to life using nature and large-scale challenges. 

Your class will be so absorbed in the fun, they’ll barely notice they’re mastering essential maths skills!

Lesson Plans

Representing number bonds to 10

During this outdoor maths lesson your children will bring context to numbers using nature around your outside space and use natural loose parts to investigate the parts of a number.

Learning objective:

To represent number bonds to 10.

Understanding addition statements

Take your addition lesson outside with our add more to score game, corners and addition stories to engage your children and lay those all important foundations to understanding written calculations.

Learning objective:

To understand addition statements.

Adding 1-digit numbers

Bring physical activity to your outdoor maths lesson with the main activity in this lesson plan, which also enables you to quickly assess children’s understanding. Option to record straight into books for this activity for easy evidencing of learning.

Learning objective:

To add 1-digit numbers.

Identify parts and whole numbers in addition calculations

Teach part, part, whole models large-scale and outdoors to enable children to investigate them with objects and deepen their understanding of the process of addition with this outdoor lesson plan.

Learning objective:

To identify the parts and whole numbers in addition calculations.

Solving addition problems

During the main activity children will complete a hunt around your outdoor space to solve the addition problems they have worked on in small groups. This outdoor lesson includes plenty of discussion work and movement to keep your class engaged.

Learning objective:

To solve addition problems.

Recalling number bonds to 10

Complete a number bond investigation using natural loose parts to find all of the number bonds to 10 and then turn it into a dance routine with this outdoor lesson plan.

Learning objective:

To recall number bonds to 10.

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