50 Fantastic Ideas for Exploring Number / Alison Hutchison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hutchison, Alison (Teacher), author.

Series:

50 Fantastic Ideas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics--Study and teaching--Activity programs.

Mathematics.

Early childhood education--Activity programs.

Early childhood education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (66 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Featherstone, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2018.

Summary:

This book by Alison Hutchison offers 50 practical activities designed to help young children explore and understand numbers through hands-on experiences. It emphasizes the importance of interactive learning by encouraging children to engage in activities that stimulate their senses and promote discussion, discovery, and connection-making. The author challenges traditional perceptions of learning numbers by providing opportunities for children to explore number concepts independently while having fun. The activities are flexible, adaptable, and utilize readily available materials, making them accessible for teachers and parents to implement. The book aims to build children's confidence and encourage a positive approach to learning mathematics, making it suitable for educators and parents seeking to enrich early childhood numeracy education. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Contents

Introduction

Counting forwards and back

Shout count

Pendulum

Hopping along

Songs and rhymes

Next three

How many altogether?

Bead drop

Grab

DIY dominoes

Colour count

I wonder how many

Spotty numbers

Identifying numbers

Here, there and everywhere

Number detectives

Digit sort

Fastest first

Pipe cleaner digits

In pieces

Create in clay

Making sets

Dice decides

Let's compare

Active count

Number tree

Writing numbers

Formation station

Newsprint digits

Number track games

Spinner bingo

Comparing and sequencing

Birthday line

Balancing

Take two

Guess my number

Counting caterpillar

Bead-string bag

Number stories

Is that a fact?

Cover it

Domino match

What do you see?

Adding and taking away

Race to the top

More, more, more

Add one, take one

Beanbag throw

Reading the signs

Empty!

Four in a row

Missing treasure

Number 10 bus

Skittles

Sharing

Share it out

Pouring and filling

Fruit salad

Questions, questions.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781472948656

1472948653

OCLC:

1015880126