Friends of Ten PowerPoint Lesson Number Bonds to 10 Foundation–Year 1

Help your Foundation and Year 1 students master Number Bonds to 10 with this ready-to-teach, interactive Friends of Ten PowerPoint lesson. Perfect for early years classrooms, this lesson builds strong number sense, fluency, and confidence in early mathematics. 182 slides total (inc. cover pages)

What’s Included

This comprehensive lesson contains everything you need for a full maths session:

• Learning Intentions & Success Criteria
• Explanation of why Friends of Ten is an essential skill
• Engaging Warm-Up Activity
• Clear definition of Friends of Ten / Number Bonds to 10
• Teacher-led Worked Examples
• Guided practice (We Do Together)
• Independent practice (You Do)
• Multiple representations of number bonds:
• Real objects / manipulatives
• Part-Part-Whole diagrams
• Ten Frames
• Rainbow method
• Interactive Brain Break to reinforce the skill
• Extension Challenge Section
• Check for Understanding Questions with answers revealed on click

Why Use This Lesson

For Students:

• Develops deep understanding of numbers to 10
• Encourages mental arithmetic and flexible thinking
• Uses visual, hands-on, and interactive methods
• Builds confidence and independence in early maths

For Teachers:

• Ready-to-teach, fully structured lesson
• Follows explicit teaching strategies (I Do – We Do – You Do)
• Saves planning time while providing high-quality instruction
• Supports differentiation for diverse learners
• Interactive slides allow smooth pacing and formative assessment

Ideal For

• Foundation / Early Years / Year 1
• Whole-class teaching or small group interventions
• Maths rotations or centres
• Consolidating and practising number bonds to 10

This Friends of Ten lesson is a high-quality, evidence-based resource that makes teaching Number Bonds to 10 simple, engaging, and effective for all learners.

Made by a real teacher with over 20 years of teaching experience and product trialled in my classroom!