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What is Numicon?
Numicon is a maths teaching programme that uses a series of structured images to represent numbers. Children enjoy the Numicon approach, which plays to their strong sense of pattern. Their enthusiasm and increased confidence leads them to persevere. This in turn leads to deeper understanding and raised achievement.
What is Numicon?
• Multi- sensory resource that supports teachers and pupils in the development of a deep understanding of mathematical concepts within A Curriculum for Excellence
Why use Numicon?
• Makes numbers real – pupils can touch and see them (Subitising)
• Makes number relationships real• Helps teachers to “see” thinking and by giving
pupils support to verbalise their thinking
Why use Numicon?
• Develops fluency by using a visual, practical base to develop conceptual understanding and recall
• Helps children to reason mathematically through the use of concrete objects and spoken language to explain and justify
• Develops children into confident problem-solvers
Which kit?
• Firm Foundation – Nursery/P1• Kit 1 – Primary 2• Kit 2 – Primary 3• Kit 3 – Primary 4
This is just a guideline! The kits are very similar – it’s how you use it that counts.
Using Numicon
• Step 1 – Get to know the Numicon Shapes• Step 2 - Start to create a number rich
environment in your classroom• Step 3 – Regularly plan Numicon activities into
your Numeracy lessons
How do you know which activites to use?
Identify which skills the pupils need to develop (milestones) I can use addition, subtraction, multiplication and division when solving problems, making best use of the mental strategies and written skills I have developed.Identify whether this skill involves patterns, numbers and the number systems or a calculatingCalculatingFind related activity card.Card 11
Task
• Look at the three tasks taken Firm Foundations kit.
• Complete the tasks.
• Decide which develop the use of patterns, numbers and number systems and calculating.