Early years number sense

  • Eightness of Eight
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    Eightness of Eight

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    5 to 7
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    What do you see as you watch this video? Can you create a similar video for the number 12?

  • Natural Born Mathematicians
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    Natural Born Mathematicians

    Helen Joyce interviews the neuropsychologist Brian Butterworth whose research has shown that we are all born with a "built-in" sense of cardinal number.
  • Early Number Sense
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    Early Number Sense

    This article explores the basic foundations of number sense and outlines relevant research in this area.
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    Dice

    Age
    3 to 5

    This dice activity encourages children to relate the number on the dice to the number of teddies they need to choose.

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    Number Rhymes

    Age
    3 to 5

    In this activity, the rhyme 'Ten Green Bottles' is used to encourage children to count backwards to work out how many bottles are left.

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    Shopping - Pirate Poundland

    Age
    3 to 5

    In the pirate pound shop, children can practise their counting skills by choosing ten items to spend their ten pounds on.

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    Show Me

    Age
    3 to 5

    In this task, children will learn different ways of representing the same number.

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    Sock Washing Line

    Age
    3 to 5

    In this task, children are encouraged to spot pairs of socks and to order the socks by size and length on the washing line.

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