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Lesson 14: Grobby%u2019s favourite vegetablesThrough 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 count out a set of 8 things, and more%u2022 We are learning to draw a set of 8 things%u2022 We are learning to write the number 8 and the word %u2018eight%u2019%u2022 We are learning to assign a total number to a collection of objects in a setMaterials3 index cards with the name and picture of a vegetable on each i.e. cabbage, carrot and corn on the cob. A pile of bricks. A post box with a hole cut into it through which they will post bricks.Talk aboutIt is spring time and Grobby is going to sow some vegetables. What vegetables do you think he is going to sow today? Talk about vegetables that the children eat e.g. carrots, onions, cabbage, lettuce, turnip, peas, corn etc. Place the index cards face down. Tell the children that Grobby has 3 favourite vegetables. What do they think he likes best of all the veggies in the world?Carry out a quick survey. Present 3 choices. Of these 3 vegetables, which is your favourite; carrot, cabbage or corn? Carrot is represented by an orange brick. Corn is represented by a yellow brick and cabbage is represented by a green brick.The children pick a brick that represents their preferred vegetable from the 3 choices and then post it into the vegetable choice box. The teacher should also post a choice; the kids would love to discover something about you, even if it is that you love cabbage! When everyone has posted a choice, the teacher asks the children to speculate: Which one will be the favourite of our class? Which will be the least favourite? The teacher empties the contents of the %u2018choices box%u2019 out onto the floor or a table, with all the children gathered around. How will we work out which is the favourite vegetable and the one that is least preferred?Sort the bricks into their 3 sets/veg colours. Count and record the number of each colour. Make a brick stack for each colour and then line them up side by side from most favoured to least favoured. Discuss the results. Ask the children: Martin, which colour was your brick? Why did you post that colour into the box? Etc.Make a graph of the results.Make 3 stacks of the colours; a green stack, an orange and a yellow. Line them up side by side and make observations. Write some statements on the whiteboard.TasksGrobby%u2019s favourite vegetables: The vegetable patch is looking very well. Draw and colour 8 cabbages, 8 carrots and 8 corn on the cob in Grobby%u2019s vegetable patch.30