Kick off your Maths block with energy and purpose using our Early Years Maths Warm Ups POWERPOINT – a dynamic and highly adaptable teaching tool packed with 164 engaging slides! Designed for use during the early years of schooling, this editable PowerPoint presentation helps you introduce, review and reinforce foundational maths concepts in a fun, visual and interactive way. Whether you use it daily or as a warm-up during targeted lessons, this resource will keep students thinking, responding and building confidence in core mathematical skills.

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Each slide has been thoughtfully designed to support young learners in developing number sense, pattern recognition, measurement, shape knowledge and early statistics. With the ability to shuffle, duplicate and rearrange slides, this PowerPoint can be customised to match your current learning goals or differentiate for small groups and whole-class instruction. Use it during morning routines, maths rotations, small group warm-ups or as a quick review to keep concepts fresh and relevant.

The Early Years Maths Warm Ups POWERPOINT is ideal for Early Years students with visual prompts, clear instructions and hands-on tasks that can be completed as a class, in pairs or independently. Simply display the slides on your interactive whiteboard and get ready for a maths session that’s engaging, fast-paced and purposeful. It’s a must-have resource for any early years classroom!

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Build fluency in number recognition and counting sequences
• ✅ Practise subitising, patterning and one-to-one correspondence
• ✅ Compare objects using everyday measurement language
• ✅ Identify, describe and sort 2D shapes
• ✅ Answer simple statistical questions using yes/no responses

What’s Included:

• 164 PowerPoint slides covering three key maths strands
• Option to shuffle, duplicate or rearrange slides for different lessons
• Concepts from Number & Algebra, Measurement & Geometry, and Statistics & Probability

Concepts Covered:

• Number & Algebra: Identifying numbers, counting forwards and backwards, before/after, matching amounts, collections, subitising, one more/one less, representing numbers in different ways, continuing and creating patterns
• Measurement & Geometry: Comparing heavy/light, long/short, capacity (more/less), shape identification and shape description
• Statistics & Probability: Answering yes/no questions

Materials Needed:

• Computer or device with PowerPoint installed
• Interactive whiteboard or screen for display
• Optional: student whiteboards or mini cards for individual responses

How to Use:

1. Open the PowerPoint and select a set of slides that match your current focus.
2. Display the slides to the whole class and guide students through quick, interactive tasks.
3. Use repetition and routines to build fluency in key concepts across the term.
4. Adjust the order, duplicate slides or remove unused ones to tailor the session to your students.
5. Encourage verbal, visual or physical responses to keep all students actively participating.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use daily as a warm-up to set the tone for a focused maths session
• 💡 Display on a screen during maths rotations for small-group work
• 💡 Focus on one strand per day (e.g. number on Mondays, shapes on Tuesdays)
• 💡 Create different versions of the slideshow for beginner, intermediate and extension groups
• 💡 Pair with hands-on materials like counters, shape blocks or number cards

Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Introduce new slide types slowly to build confidence before increasing pace
• 💛 Duplicate commonly used slides to create revision sets for different terms
• 💛 Encourage students to “turn and talk” during some slides to develop mathematical language
• 💛 Use during transition times to keep learning active and focused throughout the day

Early Years Maths Warm Ups POWERPOINT is your go-to toolkit for building early mathematical thinking – one warm-up at a time!