Little counters and mirror

Place toys on a flat surface, put a mirror next to them and watch how easily you doubled them! This method is the best to understand that to double means to get exactly the same amount again.

Picnic

Roll play is amazing. You can practice new vocabulary and introduce doubling and halving. Put 2 cups/slices of cake/fruits on a table. Say that you are really hungry and you want to double this amount, and maybe half the amount of garlic on a plate :)

Numicon and little mirror

Use any numicon shape smaller than 10. It is also great to practice doubles to 20 with this method.

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Finding the same/double Numicon shape

Make it a game: How many doubles can you find in 1min? Use a timer.

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Take it further using Numicon and Mr Slappy

Kids love using Mr Slappy to find objects. Use the doubles that your child has found. This time call: "Double 5" - and your child's task is to slap double 5. If your child wants to you can count them both together and put the outcome on top.

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Play Giant Dominos outside

Acknowledge doubles each time you find them.

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Pay dough ideas

Play with home made play-dough. Make a pizza/ cake, biscuit and cut it in half. While cutting, encourage the cut from top to the bottom, or bottom to top - it will help with understading fractions in the future.

Wooden pizza

If your child doesn't like play-dough or you don't like the mess it creates... Buy wooden pizza, but check your toy baskets first, because you might already have it.

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