--- title: "How Much Can It Hold? Exploring Capacity in EYFS" url: "https://www.st-andrews-cliftoncampville.staffs.sch.uk/blog/2025-04-02-11-41-00-how-much-can-it-hold-exploring-capacity-in-eyfs" school: "St. Andrew's CE Primary School" --- # How Much Can It Hold? Exploring Capacity in EYFS ![Image of How Much Can It Hold? Exploring Capacity in EYFS](https://files.schudio.com/st-andrew-s-c-of-e-c-primary-school/images/blog/0963077F-7838-4AAC-B52C-6E75DCACE9B6.jpeg) 2 April 2025 [Emily Leigh](https://www.st-andrews-cliftoncampville.staffs.sch.uk/blog/author/eleigh) [Class One](https://www.st-andrews-cliftoncampville.staffs.sch.uk/blog/category/class-one) This week in maths, our EYFS children have been busy exploring capacity! They investigated how much different containers could hold by filling them with bears, dice, letters and cubes. The children made predictions about which containers had the greatest capacity and tested their ideas by carefully counting how many objects each one could hold. Through hands-on exploration, they discovered that bigger containers don’t always hold more and that shape can also affect capacity. It was a fantastic way to build their understanding of measurement through play and discovery! [Maths](https://www.st-andrews-cliftoncampville.staffs.sch.uk/blog/tag/maths) [EYFS](https://www.st-andrews-cliftoncampville.staffs.sch.uk/blog/tag/eyfs) [ Irreversible Changes-solutions](https://www.st-andrews-cliftoncampville.staffs.sch.uk/blog/2025-04-02-09-39-00-irreversible-changes-solutions) [Our Daily Mile Investigation ](https://www.st-andrews-cliftoncampville.staffs.sch.uk/blog/2025-04-03-13-50-00-our-daily-mile-investigation) ![St. Andrew's CE Primary School](https://files.schudio.com/st-andrew-s-c-of-e-c-primary-school/images/logo/St-Andrews-footer-logo.png) ### St. Andrew's CE Primary School Main Street Clifton Campville Tamworth B79 0AP 01827 373 266 © Copyright 2024–2026 St. Andrew's CE Primary School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://www.st-andrews-cliftoncampville.staffs.sch.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/) ![](https://files.schudio.com/st-andrew-s-c-of-e-c-primary-school/images/splash/Screenshot_2026-09-21_2.46.56_PM.png)