Let’s be shape investigators. To warm our number time brains up, we are going to play a quick game of firstly name the shape. Point to each shape in the picture and get your Robin to say the aloud.

Then ask your Robin to point to all the 2D shapes and explain why they are 2D shapes - because they are flat (clap hand together). Then ask them to point out the 3D shapes and explain why they are 3D - because they are solid (blow hands out like a ball). Play the video to see if they got them right. If they did they can have a ‘Well done me’ clap!

For our main activity, we are going to continue to pratise our subtracting or taking away and play SUBTRACTION BOWLING. We are focusing on taking away from 10. This is a fun game and needs a few props. If you don’t have any of the equipment from the pictures below then think outside the box - you might just want to get 10 lego bricks and ask your Robin to take away different amounts and recount for the answer.

Activity: Set up 10 bottles or loo rolls (with caution) in a triangle shape. You then need something heavy like a ball to hit them down. So say 10 take away, then roll the ball, 3 is how many left? Have a go at writing the number sentence out on the ground with chalk or water or on paper. Recount how many are left standing and repeat again. You could take it in turns with your Robin.

Challenge: I have put some subtraction number sentences next to this post. Your challenge today is to see if you can knock down the right amount in the number sentence to find the answer. Robins you will have to be very careful with your aim…Are you a true subtraction bowler?