1st Steps with Numicon in the Nursery
Catalogue Ref: FSNN
Designed specifically for pre-school settings 1st Steps with Numicon in the Nursery Kit gives children a sound start to their maths understanding, and boosts practitioners’ maths subject knowledge. In addition to the plastic resources the kit includes an illustrated teaching guide that explains the key mathematical ideas children will meet at this vital stage in their maths understanding. There are also ideas for lots of innovative playful maths activities for inside and outside play in sand, water, with construction and role play; as well as ideas for maths at snack time, on the carpet, in ‘messy’ play and on the table top. A key and original feature is the focus on maths conversation with ideas to encourage mathematical development throughout the setting.
'Practitioners sometimes find it difficult to think of meaningful
maths activities, but practitioners in Southend are now much more aware
of the potential for mathematical learning in their setting and are
using the Numicon resources in a range of exciting creative ways. In
addition to the plastic resources the kit includes an illustrated
teaching guide that explains the key mathematical ideas children will
meet at this vital stage in their maths understanding and boosts
practitioner’ maths subject knowledge...
...By observing children
using the Numicon resources you can gain a wealth of information not
only about their development in Problem solving, reasoning and numeracy
(PRSN), which practitioners do often find challenging to observe, but
also across the 6 areas, some examples include:
Communication,
Language and Literacy: explaining thinking, developing vocabulary.
Knowledge
and Understanding of the World: construction
Creative Development:
making patterns and talking about colours
Personal, social and
Emotional Development: working together
Physical Development:
developing fine motor skills'
Elaine Bennett - Southend
Authority
Please see this link for further advice on the use of the Numicon
resoruces for maths
in the nursery. Plus see this link for an excerpt from the 1st Steps with Numicon in the Nursery Teaching Materials.
| Each Kit contains | ||
| Book of Activities | 1 | |
| Numicon Shapes | 115 | |
| Numicon Pegs | 80 | |
| Feely Bag | 1 | |
| Threading Lace | 2 | |
| Baseboard | 2 | |
| Picture Baseboard Overlays | 2 | |
| Numicon Display Number Line | 1 |
