Spider Subitising

Look at number lines. Make one on the floor in your room. Roll the dice move up the number line. How many rolls to get to ten?

Draw a giant ‘drainpipe’ outdoors.

Children choose to be either the sun or the rain. They take it in turns to throw the dice and move the spider up or down the drainpipe according to their role. They use giant dice with dots to determine how many jumps to take and direct the ‘spider’ who counts each jump after landing.

Where are you now?

How many jumps did you take?

Why did the sun win, do you think?

You’ve thrown two – what do you have to do now?

How many more steps have you got to go?

You’ve thrown three – will that get you to the end?

How many turns do you think you will need to get to the end?

What do you think will happen? Why?

Can you put something on paper to show what numbers you threw or to show someone what you learned from the game?