Five Little Men in a Flying Saucer: Five and Ten Frames Pack

A beautiful, low-prep maths resource designed to bring number, counting and early reasoning to life through play and talk.

These Five Little Men in a Flying Saucer Five & Ten Frames support children to develop secure number sense through a familiar, engaging nursery rhyme context. With a soft, inviting design, children can place the included alien characters onto the frames to explore counting, subitising, composition of number and early calculation.

Perfect for EYFS and KS1 continuous provision, this resource encourages rich mathematical language and purposeful Oracy, helping children to explain their thinking, notice patterns and reason about number.

Ideal for:

Maths provision areas
Nursery rhyme or small world set ups
Adult-led or child-initiated learning
Supporting White Rose Maths and mastery approaches

Children will naturally begin to say:

“There are 5 altogether.”
“One flew away… now there are 4.”
“I need one more to make 10.”

This resource is also included as part of the Five Little Men in a Flying Saucer Bundle Pack.

Low prep. High impact. Real maths talk in action.

Please consider printing this resource on card or placing it in a reusable wallet or clipboard instead of laminating. ♻️

Please note: This is a digital download only. No physical product will be sent. Once purchased, you will receive the files to download and print yourself.