One-to-one correspondence is an important early learning maths skill. Match the numbers on the sun to the dots on the clothes peg - squeezing and manoeuvring the clothes peg practises fine motor skills. 

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For this activity:

1. You will need: a paper plate, yellow paint, small wooden clothes pegs and a green marker. 
2. Paint the paper plate yellow.
3. Once dry, write the number from 1 – 9 around the edges of the plate, out of order. 
4. On each clothes peg, draw dots corresponding to the numbers 1 – 9.
5. Ask your child to count the dots on each peg and identify the number. Find the corresponding number on the plate and clip the peg over the number. 
6. When they are done, they will have created a number sun. Ask them to go clockwise around the sun starting at the top, identifying each number by counting the dots. 
7. Extend this idea by incorporating addition. Ask your child to choose 2 of the clothes pegs and add them by counting the dots altogether.