teaching resource

Ten in the Bed - Counting Activity

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    Updated:  30 Sep 2023

A fun hands-on 'Ten in the Bed' number rhyme activity to help students sequence numbers and count backwards from 10.

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    Editable:  Google Slides

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    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  1 Page

  • Curriculum
  • Year

    Year:  F

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teaching resource

Ten in the Bed - Counting Activity

  • Updated

    Updated:  30 Sep 2023

A fun hands-on 'Ten in the Bed' number rhyme activity to help students sequence numbers and count backwards from 10.

  • Editable

    Editable:  Google Slides

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  1 Page

  • Curriculum
  • Year

    Year:  F

A fun hands-on 'Ten in the Bed' number rhyme activity to help students sequence numbers and count backwards from 10.

A teaching resource to use in the classroom when learning to count using one-to-one correspondence.

Use this resource with the number rhyme ‘Ten in the Bed.’

Students remove the teddies from the bed as they count from 10 to 0.

This resource includes:

  • 1 x bed with dotted cut lines
  • 1 x bed without dotted cut lines
  • 1 x strip of teddies from 1 to 10
  • 10 x individual teddies numbered from 1 to 10.

A black-and-white version of this resource can be selected from the download dropdown menu.

This resource can be used in the following ways:

Number Slider 

  • Print the bed with the dotted cut lines and the outlined strip of teddies.
  • Cut the outlined strip of teddies, including the ‘pull me’ tab.
  • Laminate the bed and the strip of teddies.
  • Cut along the dotted lines on the bed.
  • Feed the strip of teddies through the slit on the right-hand side of the bed. Make sure the teddies go under the blanket!
  • As the number rhyme is sung, pull the tab so that the teddies slide off the bed, one by one, from 10 to 0.

Magnet Teddies

  • Print the bed without the dotted cut lines onto cardboard, then laminate.
  • Print the individual teddies onto cardboard, then cut and laminate.
  • Attach a magnet to the back of each teddy.
  • Display the bed on a whiteboard and place the teddies on the bed.
  • As the number rhyme is sung, remove the teddies from the bed, one at a time, from 10 to 0.

Cut and Paste

  • Print the bed without the dotted cut lines and the individual teddies.
  • Cut out the teddies individually.
  • Paste each teddy onto the bed sequentially, backward from 10 to 1, or forwards from 1 to 10.

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