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Counting in 10s Ice-cream Cut Out Activity

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Counting in 10s Ice-cream Cut Out Activity

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Enhance your Year 1 and Year 2 students' numeracy skills with our engaging Counting in 10s Ice-Cream Cut-Out Activity . This interactive resource aligns with the UK National Curriculum, offering a fun approach to practising counting in multiples of ten. ​ National Curriculum Objectives: Year 1: Count in multiples of 2, 5, and 10. ​ Year 2: Count in steps of 2, 3, and 5 from 0, and in 10s from any number, forward and backward. ​ Key Features: Interactive Learning: Children will enjoy counting in tens through a creative ice-cream cut-out activity, reinforcing their understanding of this counting pattern. ​ Visual Representation: The ice-cream themed visuals provide an engaging way to represent numbers, aiding in the development of place value understanding. ​ Curriculum-Aligned: This activity supports the Year 1 and Year 2 curriculum objectives, ensuring students develop fluency in counting in multiples of ten. ​ Progressive Difficulty: Designed to cater to both Year 1 and Year 2 learners, the activity offers varying levels of challenge to suit different learning stages. ​ Incorporating this ice-cream themed activity into your teaching strategy provides a dynamic and enjoyable method for students to grasp essential counting concepts, fostering a love for learning through engaging visuals and interactive tasks.Read more

Enhance your Year 1 and Year 2 students' numeracy skills with our engaging Counting in 10s Ice-Cream Cut-Out Activity . This interactive resource aligns with the UK National Curriculum, offering a fun approach to practising counting in multiples of ten. ​ National Curriculum Objectives: Year 1: Count in multiples of 2, 5, and 10. ​ Year 2: Count in steps of 2, 3, and 5 from 0, and in 10s from any number, forward and backward. ​ Key Features: Interactive Learning: Children will enjoy counting in tens through a creative ice-cream cut-out activity, reinforcing their understanding of this counting pattern. ​ Visual Representation: The ice-cream themed visuals provide an engaging way to represent numbers, aiding in the development of place value understanding. ​ Curriculum-Aligned: This activity supports the Year 1 and Year 2 curriculum objectives, ensuring students develop fluency in counting in multiples of ten. ​ Progressive Difficulty: Designed to cater to both Year 1 and Year 2 learners, the activity offers varying levels of challenge to suit different learning stages. ​ Incorporating this ice-cream themed activity into your teaching strategy provides a dynamic and enjoyable method for students to grasp essential counting concepts, fostering a love for learning through engaging visuals and interactive tasks.

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  • Working towardsScaffolded, with the model or the bar already drawn.
  • Working withinThe expected standard for the year group.
  • Greater depthReasoning and explaining, not just more of the same.

Her own system, with the star count repeated in every worksheet header so a child can be handed the right sheet without a word.

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4.63 verified reviewsWe ask once, seven days after the download, and one tap is enough.
Steven LoughYear 2 teacher, Abbeyfields First School, MorpethVerified download, 23 January 2026

Good value, and the answers are actually on it.

Small thing, but half the free sheets online expect you to work the answers out yourself. My TA can run a group on this without a briefing first.

5 teachers found this helpful

Beth NightingaleYear 1 teacher, Poplar Farm School, GranthamVerified download, 13 January 2026

Fine, though the font is small for my class.

The maths is right and the sequence is sensible. Several of my children needed it enlarged to A3, which is easy enough but worth knowing before you print thirty.

4 teachers found this helpful

Joanne PicklesYear 3 teacher, Crossflatts Primary, BingleyVerified download, 5 March 2026

Printed it at eight on a Sunday and taught it on the Monday.

No editing, no reformatting, no hunting for the answers. The three levels are on separate pages, which sounds obvious until you have used the sites where they are not.

10 teachers found this helpful

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