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Lesson 13: Grobby learns about number 8Through appropriately playful learning experiences, children should be able to develop an awareness that the purpose of counting is to quantify and be able to use a range of counting strategies for a variety of purposes.Learning outcomes%u2022 We are learning to identify the set of 8%u2022 We are learning to count 8 items%u2022 We are learning to write the number 8Talk aboutAsk the children to make a stack of 8 bricks. How many different ways can you make an 8-brick stack? (Vertically or horizontally, covering all 8 studs or just some studs etc.)Ask the children to look around the room with their maths eyes, to find things that there are just 8 of e.g. there are 8 paintings on the wall. There are 8 jars on the window ledge. There are 8 stripes on the radiator. I see a number 8 on the clock. There are more than 8 pages in my book.Play with the bricks%u2022 Who can build the fastest 8 brick tower, short-end on short-end?%u2022 How many ways can you connect your 8 bricks?Tasks1. Trace over the large 8 with your finger, starting at the dot2. Trace over the 8s. Finish out each row to the end.3. Draw and colour 8 bricks in the boxRhyme timeOne, Two, Buckle My ShoeOne, twoBuckle my shoeThree, fourShut the doorFive, sixPick up sticksSeven, eightClose the gateNine, tenDo it over again!(Bricks could be set out in pairs)Six little bricks that I once knewSix little bricks that I once knew,One was a green one, two were blue.One was an orange and one was a red,One was yellow with 8 studs on its head.28