Key Vocabulary

EYFS

Year 1

Year 2

Number, zero, one, two, three… to twenty, zero, ten, twenty, none, how many? Count, more, less, many, few, pattern, pair, greater, more, larger, bigger, less, fewer, smaller, greatest, most, biggest, largest, least, fewest, smallest, compare, order, size, first, last, before, after, next, between, half-way between, above / below

Equal to, more than, less than (fewer), most, least, one more and one less, ordering (for example, first, second, third…), counting and comparing numbers up to 100, tens, ones, part/whole, count on, count back

Alternative, strategy, digits, numerals, partition

EYFS

Year 1

Year 2

Add, more, make, total, altogether, one more, Subtract, take (away), leave, how many are left? How many have gone? One less.

Put together, add, altogether, total, take away, distance between, difference between, more than and less than. how many more…? How many more is…than..? how much more is…? how many fewer/less is…than…? Difference between, number bonds, equals, sign, is the same as, half, plus, total, addition, balance, double, sign, sum, number sentence

Sum, commutative, inverse, greater than, minus, leave, decrease, left, remain, less than,

EYFS

Year 1

Year 2

halves, equal, sharing, share equally, one each, two each, group, cut, same as

Half, quarter, equal, part, whole, equal to, whole/part

Third, three quarters, equivalent,

EYFS

Year 1

Year 2

Number patterns, doubling, count, answer sign, equal, sharing, share equally, one each, two each, group, shape, whole, pattern, puzzle, count out, share out, left, same, number/s, different number/s

Multiplication and division; doubling numbers and quantities; and finding simple fractions of objects, numbers and quantities, part/whole, halves, half, equally, array, share, equally, set of, equal groups of, times, multiply, divide, times, equal parts, divided by, number sentence, operation

Operation, remainder, repeated addition, repeated subtraction, multiple of, set of, lots of

EYFS

Year 1

Year 2

Shape, pattern, flat, curved straight, round, hollow, solid, corner, point, pointed, sort, make, build, draw, 2d shapes (circle, square, rectangle, triangle) size, bigger, larger, flat, similar, smaller, repeating pattern, match, differences, the same as…

Recognise and name common 2-D and 3-D shapes, including: cuboids, cubes, pyramids and spheres, face, side, edge, vertices

Pupils handle and name a wide variety of common 2-D and 3-D shapes including: quadrilaterals and polygons, and cuboids, prisms and cones

EYFS

Year 1

Year 2

Behind, next to, on top, below, ahead, above, in front, underneath etc…

Describe position, direction and movement, including whole, half, quarter and three-quarter turns. direction and motion, including: left and right, top, middle and bottom, on top of, in front of, above, between, around, near, close and far, up and down, forwards and backwards, inside and outside

Right angle (for quarter, half and three quarter turns), clockwise and anti-clockwise

EYFS

Year 1

Year 2

Measure, size, compare, guess, estimate, enough, too much, too little, too many, too few, long, short, tall, high, low, thick, thin, longer, shorter, taller, higher, full, half full, empty, holds, containers, money, coin, total, buy, morning, afternoon, evening, night, midnight, today, yesterday, tomorrow,

o’clock, half past, mass, weight, volume and capacity, before and after, next, first, morning, afternoon and evening, use language relating to dates, day, days of the week, month/names of months, year, before, after, next, last, now, soon, early, late, longest, shortest, tallest, highest, heavier, lighter, heaviest, lightest, balance, scales, weight, length, width, height, depth, wide, narrow deep, shallow

Analogue, digital, equivalent, five to/five past, quarter to, quarter past, notes, total, change.