Recommended Age: 4 to 5 years Purpose: To introduce the quantities 11 to 19 with their names and for the child to see the relationship of the numbers 1 to 9 to the number 10. Level of Parent Involvement: Low, the adult must present the exercise to the child, once modelled the child may continue […]
Recommended Age: 4 to 5 years Purpose: To give the symbol and the names of numbers 11-19. Level of Parent Involvement: Low, the adult must present the exercise to the child, once modelled the child may continue the exercise independently. Prerequisites The child must be able to recognise numerals 1-10 The child must be able […]
Recommended Age: 4 to 5 years Purpose: Association of the quantity, name and symbol for numbers 11 to 19. Level of Parent Involvement: Low, the adult must present the exercise to the child, once modelled the child may continue the exercise independently. Prerequisites The child must be able to recognise numerals 1-10 The child must […]
Recommended Age: 4 years and onwards Purpose: for the child to become familiar with the colours and the quantities of the coloured beads for further work with the bead cabinet and the teen beads. Level of Parent Involvement: Low, once modelled the child may do this exercise independently. Prerequisites The child must be able to write […]
In Class Presentation: Recommended Age: 4 years and on (can be younger depending on the child’s experience and skills) Purpose: Verification that the child can sequence numbers 1-10 and correctly match the quantities that correspond to the symbols. Level of Parent Involvement: Medium initially to present the activity then low when the child works independently. Prerequisites Child must […]
Presentation Recommended Age: 4 years and onwards (can be younger depending on the child’s skills and experiences). Purpose: To learn the names and the sequence of numbers from 1-10. Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, the adult must present the activity for the first time, once the child has been shown they may revisit the exercise […]
Presentation Recommended Age: 4 years (can be younger depending on the child’s skills and experience). Purpose: For the child to associate the concrete quantities with the written symbols and the names for the numbers 1 to 10 and to introduce the sequence of the symbols. Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, the adult must present the […]
Presentation Recommended Age: Around 4 years OR after the child has worked with the number rods and cards. Purpose: Work with the spindle boxes introduces zero as the absence of quantity or the empty set. The Spindle Boxes introduces the concept of numbers as a quantity of separate objects together and reinforces the natural sequence […]
Presentation Recommended Age: 4 years (can be younger depending on the child’s skills and experiences). Purpose: To introduce the child to the symbols for the numbers 1-9 and to prepare the child for writing numerals. Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, the adult must present the sandpaper numerals, 3 each time until the child memorises all numerals […]
Recommended Age: 4 to 5 years Level of Parent Involvement: Prerequisites The child should have completed ‘Making teen numbers with Lego’ AND ‘paper teen beads and boards’ from the library, and revisited these activities The child must be able to use scissors and be able to cut accurately The child must be able to recognise numerals […]
Recommended Age: 4 to 5 years Level of Parent Involvement: Low, the parent must give the child instructions as to how to complete this exercise, but the child may work independently once the instructions have been given with low supervision then use the control sheet to check their work once completed Prerequisites The child should have completed […]
Recommended Age: 4 to 5 years Level of Parent Involvement: Medium to make the materials and during the initial presentation then low-none once the child has been shown and works independently On another day revisit the activity with the child and check to see if they can recall the names of the golden bead quantities, if the […]
Recommended Age: 4 years and onwards Level of Parent Involvement: Medium to make the materials and during the initial presentation then low-none once the child has been shown and works independently On another day revisit the activity with the child and check to see if they can recall the names of the golden bead quantities, if the […]
Recommended Age: 4 years and onwards Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, the initial presentation requires the adult to facilitate the exercise, once the child has been shown the child may revisit the activity independently Prerequisites The child must be able to count accurately to ten (one to one correspondence) The child must be able to identify […]
Recommended Age: 4 years and onwards Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, the initial presentation requires the adult to facilitate the exercise, once the child has been shown the child may revisit the activity independently Prerequisites The child must be able to count accurately to ten (one to one correspondence) The child must be able to identify […]
Recommended Age: 4 and ½ to 6 years Level of Parent Involvement: High, Prerequisites The child must be able to count accurately to least ten The child must be able to write numbers 1-10 The child may have had some experience working with the golden beads and know quantities one unit, one ten, one hundred and […]
Recommended Age: 4 to 5 years Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, this initial presentation requires full involvement, once the child has been shown, parent involvement is low when the child works independently Prerequisites The child must have experience in pouring water from a jug The child must be able to follow a sequence of instructions and […]
Recommended Age: 3 and ½ to 4 years Level of Parent Involvement: Low once shown Prerequisites The child must be able to count accurately from 1-6 The child must be able to identify numerals 1-6 Materials A die Pencil, paper and ruler Preparation Create a grid on a piece of paper with 6 squares On […]
Recommended Age: 4 to 5 years Level of Parent Involvement: Medium during initial presentation then low once the child has been shown and works independently Prerequisites The child must be able to recognise numerals 1-10 The child must be able to count accurately from 1-10 The child must be able to connect the numeral quantity with its […]
Recommended Age: 4 years and on Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, the parent can do this game whilst completing another task but must be present to check the quantity is correct Prerequisites Child must know the symbols of numbers 1-10 The child must have one to one correspondence to 10 Materials Post it notes or […]
