Position and direction
I can say where things are and how they turn.
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Years 1 and 2 · Maths
Position and direction: I can say where things are and how they turn.
Here are two shelves, top and bottom.
Teddy on the left. Ball on the right.
Teddy above the book. Car below the ball.
Picture: Two shelves of toys. Top shelf: a teddy on the left and a ball on the right. Bottom shelf: a book on the left and a car on the right.
The frog starts on 2.
It hops forwards: 3, 4, 5.
Then it hops backwards to 4, between 3 and 5.
Picture: A number line from 0 to 10. A dot at 2 labelled "start". The frog hops from 2 to 3, then to 4, then to 5, then to 4.
Your turn: Here are 4 animals in a row. Tap the one between the duck and the hen.
Picture: 4 animals in a row, from left to right: a duck, a frog, a hen and a pig.
Tap the right part of the picture.
Answer
The answer: Frog
The frog is between the duck and the hen.
Words to know
- between:
- In the middle of two things.
- clockwise:
- Turning the same way as the hands of a clock.
- anticlockwise:
- Turning the other way to the hands of a clock.
- right angle:
- A square corner. A quarter turn makes a right angle.
- pattern:
- Things that repeat in the same order, again and again.
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