Friends of Ten Lesson Number Bonds to 10 Early Years Maths

Friends of Ten Lesson Number Bonds to 10 Early Years Maths – Support your Early Years and KS1 students in mastering Number Bonds to 10 with this ready-to-teach, interactive Friends of Ten PowerPoint lesson. Designed for Foundation, EYFS, and Year 1 learners, this lesson helps build strong number sense, fluency, and confidence in early mathematics.

What’s Included

This comprehensive lesson features:

• Learning Intentions & Success Criteria

• Explanation of why Friends of Ten is an essential skill

• Engaging warm-up activity

• Clear definition of Friends of Ten / Number Bonds to 10

• Teacher-led worked examples

• Guided practice (We Do Together)

• Independent practice (You Do)

• Multiple representations of number bonds:

  • Real objects / manipulatives

  • Part-Part-Whole diagrams

  • Ten Frames

  • Rainbow method

• Brain Break reinforcing the skill

• Extension Challenge Section

• Check for Understanding questions with answers revealed on click

Why This Resource Works

For Students:

• Develops deep understanding of numbers to 10

• Encourages flexible thinking and mental arithmetic

• Uses visual, concrete, and interactive methods

• Builds confidence through scaffolded practice and challenge tasks

For Teachers:

• Ready-to-teach lesson saves planning time

• Follows explicit teaching strategies (I Do – We Do – You Do)

• Interactive slides allow smooth pacing and formative assessment

• Supports differentiation for diverse learners

• Helps track student understanding with built-in checks

Perfect For

• Early Years / EYFS / Foundation / Year 1

• Small group intervention or whole-class teaching

• Maths rotations or centres

• Consolidating number bonds to 10

This Friends of Ten lesson provides a structured, interactive, and engaging way to teach early number bonds, ensuring students understand, apply, and remember key numeracy skills.

Made by a real teacher of over 20 years experience and tried and tested in my own classroom!

Enjoy!