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CIRCLE TIME ENGAGE 8: GAME – The making sets game
This activity not only develops children’s listening and speaking skills but also fosters early maths
concepts.

Version 1: MATERIALS: Three or four flashcards from three different topics (no more than 12
in total)
STEPS:
 Announce the game, e.g. Let’s play the making sets game!
 Mix up the flashcards and place them in a bag, a box or in a pile on the floor.
 Invite confident children to come up and take out or turn over a card.
 Ask them to name the picture, if suitable help them make a sentence using It’s … / They’re …
 Check with the class that the image has been correctly labelled.
 Ask the children, What set is it? Is it the colour set, the family set or the number set?
 Elicit what they think and start making sets.
 Once all the flashcards have been put into a set, count how many there are in each set, are
there any missing? Help the children remember what else belongs in the set.
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Version 2: Using the children (for topics like the face, the body, family, clothes, pets)
 Announce the game, e.g. Let’s play the making sets game!
 Call out questions like: Who’s got black hair? Get all children with black hair to make a group
together (all or most of the group). They can chant loudly I’ve got black hair! Any remaining
children can make a circle around them.
 Ask, Who’s got long black hair? Get these children to separate and form a separate group. They
can chant loudly I’ve got long black hair! Count the children in this set.
 Ask, Who’s got short black hair? Get these children to separate and form a separate group.
They can chant loudly I’ve got long black hair! Count the children in this set.
 This can be done with lots of different topics: You can make Human Venn Diagrams: Who’s got
a pet? – Who’s got a cat? Who’s got a bird? Who’s got a cat and a bird? Who’s about brothers
and sisters: Who’s got a brother? Who’s got a sister? Who’s got a brother and a sister? Don’t
forget to have children chant when they create a set, e.g. I’ve got a cat!

Extension
Mix word cards and flashcards.
Or once the sets have been created, ask children to find the matching word cards.

Progression notes: Observe which children are able to pick up the correct flashcard and name
it confidently; or children who are able to confidently listen for a descriptor and respond.

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