Mission 23: Know your Meanies - the Puzzler
Ideas
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Play the describing game by making up challenges for the child to attempt.
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Use cards or toy Numberjacks or Numberjacks photocards to practise putting numbers in order, or use them as
answer cards for the child to hold up when you ask questions. Swap roles and let the child ask questions.
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Use some thing you can count and put them in groups. Order them according to their numbers, with the smallest
group first.
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Look for examples of numbers in order such as on remote controls, phones, house numbers (which usually
alternate on either side of the road).
Agents practise and test their number skills ready to deal with the Puzzler.
This mission focuses on numbers. The children are given real challenges in the
questions it poses.
Vocabulary: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, biggest, smallest, more than, less
than add, order.
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