Activities for Suzie Two

Activities for ordinal numbers (first, second, third,...):

• When watching any type of race, guess who will come first, second or third.
• Look at cars on the road, describe each car "The first car is red, the second car is shiny, the third car has its windows open..."
• Explain what you are doing in order. "First I'm going to... Second I'm going to..."
• Before cooking put the ingredients in order of use, what's going in the bowl third? Fourth? Second?
• Put some Smarties in a bowl. Sort them in a row of five, using colours. Follow instructions to put a green Smartie in third place, a blue Smartie in first place etc.
• Play races with toys, make pretend first, second, third medals for the winners. Use up to 10 toys to develop ordinal numbers to tenth.
• With coloured magnetic numbers or letters on a fridge, identify the "third yellow number" or "second green letter".
• Using a bookcase or CD rack, find the third book on the second shelf from the top, or the fifth CD from the left on the bottom shelf etc.