Mission 24: In, out, shake it all about
Ideas
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Talk about things that are in or inside other things: clothes in drawers, hands in pockets, tongue in mouth, people in
cars/houses, pets in cages. Are there things that are inside things that are inside things? (Tongue inside mouth
inside head inside room.)
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Are there things that are outside something else? (Things in the garden or park are outside a house.) Can
something be inside or outside? (Your hands could be in or out of your pockets.) Can something be inside and
outside at the same time? (You could be inside a car outside your house).
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Play ‘Inside outside’ – on the word ‘inside’, your child has to put things like toys or blocks inside a box or a bag, or
put themselves in bed. Say the word ‘outside’ to get them out again. Swap roles and let the child say the words.
Things that should be inside end up outside - 5 takes 3 out with her to help sort
the Puzzler out.
This mission focuses on the positional ideas of inside and outside and also
includes number patterns.
Vocabulary: in, out, inside, outside.
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