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Number Sense Series: Developing Early Number Sense
This article for teachers suggests teaching strategies and
resources that can help to develop children's number sense.
Early years number sense
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articleNumber Sense Series: A Sense of 'ten' and Place Value
Once a basic number sense has developed for numbers up to ten, a strong 'sense of ten' needs to be developed as a foundation for both place value and mental calculations. -
articleNatural 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. -
articleEarly Number Sense
This article explores the basic foundations of number sense and outlines relevant research in this area. -
eyfs_activityDice
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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eyfs_activityNumber Rhymes
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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eyfs_activityShopping - Pirate Poundland
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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eyfs_activityShow Me
In this task, children will learn different ways of representing the same number.
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Sock Washing Line
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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eyfs_activityThe Spring Scale
Using the spring scale in this activity provides an engaging context in which children can explore and discuss the weight of different objects.