NUMERACY

DEVELOPMENT
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Prepared by: Sharon D. Tarantan
INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES (ILOs)

At the end of the week, the PST

can:

Describe the children’s world in

relation to Mathematics
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

How would you describe

children’s world in relation to
Mathematics?
What are the different activities
that could be conducted during
the Math class?
 CHILDREN and
MATHEMATICS
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KEY POINTS
Numeracy is the ability to see and use maths in all areas of life.

Children build maths and numeracy skills through play.

Everyday activities like counting, looking at shapes, and talking

about sizes also help children develop early numeracy and
maths skills.

You play an important role in helping children develop numeracy

skills.
ABOUT MATHS & NUMERACY
Numeracy is the ability to see and use maths
concepts in all areas of life.

Numeracy skills involve understanding

numbers, counting, solving number problems,
measuring, estimating, sorting, noticing
patterns, adding and subtracting numbers,
and so on.
Children and adults need numeracy and maths skills to do everyday things
like:

solving problems – for example, how long will it take to walk to

school?
making sense of information – for example, how many wins does my
team need to get to the top of the competition?
understanding patterns – for example, what number would the next
house in this street be?
making choices – for example, which bike is the best value?
Your child’s everyday experiences are full of learning opportunities
that lay the foundations for numeracy.
 How children start learning numeracy skills

Children start learning numeracy skills from the time they’re born, and you play
an important role, especially at home.

For example, you can introduce maths through everyday play and activities by
encouraging your child to:

compare and order things of different sizes – ‘big’, ‘small’ and ‘medium’

group things together and talk about ‘same’ and ‘different’

 How children start learning numeracy skills

use words to describe where things are – ‘over’, ‘under’ and ‘next to’

help with setting the table with the right number of plates, forks, spoons and
cups

notice and make patterns with everyday items, like shells, leaves or beads.

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And when you talk with your child about maths concepts in
your everyday activities, it helps your child understand how
and why maths is useful. For example, this happens when
you point out:

big and small (size)

high and low (height)

long and short (length)

heavy and light (weight)
fast and slow (speed)
close and far (distance)
first, second and last (order).
Babies: tips for building numeracy skills
Your baby loves hearing your voice and enjoys stories and
songs with repetition, rhyme and numbers. Here are things
you can do with your baby to build numeracy skills:

Read stories with numbers – for example, ‘Goldilocks and

the three bears’.
Play counting, sorting and matching games.
Sing number songs and rhymes.
Change your tone of voice to describe concepts – for
example, use a deep, loud voice to describe something big, or
a soft, squeaky voice to describe something little.
And here are things you can talk about:

Everyday activities – for example, ‘Let’s put half of the bird seed
here and half over there’ or ‘Let’s find matching socks’.
The environment – for example, ‘Look at the little bird over there’ or
‘That’s a tall tree’.
Food – for example, ‘Let’s have 2 pieces of banana’ or ‘How many
cups do we need?’
Time – for example, ‘7 pm, time for bed’.
Shapes and patterns – for example, ‘Let’s look for all the triangles’.
It’s best if you can make these everyday numeracy activities and
experiences playful and relaxed so that they’re fun for your child.
Toddlers and preschoolers: tips for building numeracy skills
Talking, everyday activities, play and
reading help your child develop
communication, imagination and
other skills for understanding maths
concepts.
Ideas for talking
Use maths concepts to describe what you and your child are
seeing and doing together. For example, ‘Look at the fast cars’
or ‘This bag is heavy’.

When you’re preparing food, talk about what you’re doing. For
example, ‘I’m cutting this orange in half’ or ‘Let’s share these
sultanas – one for me and one for you’.

Point out and name the numbers you see, like the numbers on
mailboxes, buses, road signs, catalogues and receipts.
Ideas for talking
When you’re out and about, talk about what’s near or further
away. For example, ‘Let’s sit on that bench nearby to have our
snack’ or ‘It’s quite far to the lake. Would you like to ride in the
stroller?’

Talk about activities that happen at certain times of the day. For
example, ‘We eat breakfast at 7 am’, or ‘Let’s go to the park
before we have dinner at 6 pm’.
Ideas for everyday activities
Make counting part of your everyday life. For example, count
shells at the beach, fruit at the shop and trees on the street. Or
count toys together as your child packs them away.

When you’re out and about, encourage your child to describe or

compare shapes of leaves, colours of flowers or sizes of birds.
Ideas for everyday activities
Use a growth chart or marks on a wall to measure your child’s
growing height, and describe to your child what you’re doing.

Involve your child in cooking. Your child can help stir, pour, fill
and mix. This helps your child get familiar with concepts like
counting, measuring, adding and estimating.
Ideas for play
Go for a nature walk and let your child gather a mix of leaves,
sticks, pebbles and other natural items. Your child can sort them
into groups based on size, colour, shape or function.

Sing songs and read books with repeating, rhyming or rhythmic

numbers.

Play simple board games, card games and puzzles with shapes
and numbers, like ‘Snap’, or matching pairs or dominoes.
Ideas for play
Play outside games like ‘I spy’, hopscotch, skittles and ‘What’s
the time Mr Wolf’.

Play or sing music at different speeds. Your child can dance,

jump or shake musical instruments to slow or fast songs. Sing
nursery rhymes slowly and then speed up.

Race toy cars and talk about which came first, second or third.
Ideas for play
Help your child to arrange their toys in order from shortest to
tallest.

Build and stack with blocks and other everyday objects. You can
ask your child whether the tower they’re building is tall or short
and narrow or wide.
This is finnick!
We don’t know where he is from

He is 15 years old

Finnick loves chess and parkour

He does not have lots of friends: only 1

He has a tortoise called Edison

He hates math but is good at them

Finnick has always a smile on his face Progress:

This is robin
Special traits
Tall, no freckles, smiley and fun

hobbies
Soccer, rugby and football

nationality
Unknown Progress:
gathering the data
80
Her strong: be punctual
Ana “O’clock” is an excellent organizer
60

40 Books and knowledge

Robin loves to read, almost as much as Ana
20

Math
0 Finnick hates math although he is good at it
Ana Robin Finnick

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02 Understanding it
Here you can describe the
content of the section
utilities for deciphering this math mystery

SOME RANDOM NOTES HANDY NOTEBOOK

It is important to have Afterwards, put all your
somewhere to write notes in the same place

Talk to my teacher A PRIZE TO WIN!

Your math teachers are Will you be the first to
the best! They know it decipher the mystery?
all

Progress:
Are you STUCK?

THERE CAN BE TWO PATHS...

It’s OK if you have different paths for
solving a math problem. Hooray:
You’re actually on the right track!

BUT ONLY ONE HAS THE SOLUTION

It may come to you just in the verge
of giving up, so keep trying. You will
find the answer if you are prepared! Progress:
Steps to understand it
Step #01 Step #03
Ceres is located in Earth is the planet
the asteroid belt where we live on

Step #02 Step #04

Pluto is considered a Saturn is a gas giant
dwarf planet and has rings

Progress:
 Mathematics is not about
numbers, equations,
computations or algorithms: it
is about understanding.

—SOMEONE FAMOUS
We must understand HIS origin

Is HE american? no, IS HE finnish?

The problem asked Yes, definitely Finnish:
about Finnick, not Ana... it matches the first
letter!
Or argentinian? Or maybe turkish!
On second thought, This is tricky because it
Argentina is discarded is in between!

Progress:
03
Collecting
evidence
Here you can describe the
content of the section
About the data i’ve found

13, 20, 15 45% 55%

Will these be the ages?

15, 18, 15 positive

Earth is the
planet we live on
negative
Pluto is now a
dwarf planet
Or maybe these?
Progress:
Attempts made OVER TIME
1st attempt 2nd attempt 3rd attempt 4th attempt
6, 27, 15 15, 19, 15 13, 21, 15 9, 24, 15

5th attempt 6th attempt 7th attempt 8th attempt

8, 25, 15 10, 23, 15 7, 26, 15 14, 20, 15

9th attempt 10th attempt 11th attempt

Progress:
4, 29, 15 16, 18, 15 5, 28, 15
So many
solutions!
Which is the
correct one?
Objects in my investigation
item description availability
Knowledge Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun

Reliable pen Venus has actually a very beautiful name

World map Earth is the third planet from the Sun

Victory badge Despite being red, Mars is a cold place

Progress:
Evidence found
REFERENCE ANCIENT NOTES EVIDENCE MODERN NOTES
Ceres is located in Pluto is considered a Earth is the planet Saturn is a gas giant
the asteroid belt dwarf planet where we live on and has rings

Progress:
 Let’s see what
we have found...
Gathering evidence
Is it female... Or male? School clock
Despite being red, This is the planet Venus is the second
Mars is a cold place where we all live on planet from the Sun

magnetism School potion School bell

It was named after Jupiter is a gas giant Pluto is considered a
the Roman god and the biggest dwarf planet

Progress:
Solution 04
found!
Here you can describe the
content of the section
Have you found the solution on your computer?

I have not! However, you can

actually change the image on the
screen with your own by replacing
it and uploading a photo from your
own computer! Awesome!

Progress:
Or, maybe, on your tablet?

No way! However, you can actually

change the image on the screen
with your own by replacing it and
uploading a photo from your own
computer! Awesome!

Progress:
Nope, it’s on my phone! Let’s see what it is!

Hooray! I’m almost there! Bear in

mind that you can change the
image on the screen with your own
by replacing it and uploading a
photo from your own computer!

Progress:
Ana is 11, robin 22 and finnick 15
Yay! And Finnick is from Finland!
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