You will need:

• 1 x Shallow Gratnells (F1) tray
• Rainbow paper – printed and fixed to the bottom of the tray
• Salt
• Number cards or beanbags

Preparation:

• Print, laminate a sheet of rainbow paper (you can use ordinary paper as well)
• Fix to the bottom of the tray using blue tac or sticky tape.

What to do:

• Once the rainbow paper is fixed to the bottom of the tray, pour the salt on top and spread out to fill the bottom of the tray
• Select a number card or beanbag
• Write the numbers in the salt using fingers – once practiced and perfected, move on to the next number.

Other things to try…

• Once confident with single numbers, try practicing sums.

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