Halloween Counting Objects - PowerPoint

A delightful PowerPoint presentation has been crafted to engage Year 1 students in a counting exercise with a Halloween theme. The activity is focused on number and place value, where children are encouraged to count various Halloween-related objects. For instance, they are asked to count the number of cats with red and purple hats, with the answers being three and two, respectively. They then calculate the total number of cats, combining those with different coloured hats, to reach a sum of five or eight, depending on the slide.

Further interactive tasks include sorting pumpkins into three groups and counting the number in each, leading to a total of nine pumpkins. Students also match groups of Halloween creatures—such as crows, bats, ghosts, toads, spiders, and skulls—to the correct numbers, reinforcing their counting and grouping skills. The presentation culminates with a creative activity where children colour spiders according to specified amounts and draw the correct number of spiders to match given numbers. This engaging and thematic approach to counting is designed to make learning about numbers both fun and memorable for young students.