Numicon: Box of 80 Numicon Shapes (Numicon Apparatus)

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If you found counting with Numicons from one to ten helpful, then an abacus may work really well, too. There are indeed! We have plenty of resources to help your children develop their counting skills. And, all our worksheets, presentations and exercises have been designed by our team of qualified teachers, so you can rest assured that whatever you select will make a great addition to your teaching of the syllabus. Take a look at what we have to offer: Lowndes, S., D'Angelo, S., Jeffrey, A., & Gibbs, E. (2014). Numicon Geometry, Measurement and Statistics: Explorer Progress Book. Oxford University Press. Print this resource on to a piece of A4 paper and cut in half where the dotted line is. One half contains the cards, each with a different Numicon Shape for a particular number. The other half of the resource contains a structure that your children can use to sequence the Numicons. Simply print off the Counting Numicon Shapes worksheets and cut out the Shapes for children to investigate. What are Numicon Shapes?

From this point, the pupil could place the Numicon in this arrangement on a baseboard and use pegs to count the total. Fantastic as a general numeracy aid, this touch maths number line resource is an absolute must for a wide range of many maths activities. They would then take the five piece and place it on top of their number. At this point, try to encourage pupils to line up the odd pieces where relevant to help them to see the patterns being made. Here they can see that each side of the shape is 2 squares in length, therefore the perimeter is 2+2+2+2=8 squares. Some children may then be able to theorise that for a square, you only need to measure one side and multiply the answer by 4. This could be an excellent area for investigation. In English, the numbers 13-19 are not ‘ten’ numbers but ‘teen’ numbers. By using a representation such as the one above with Numicon, pupils can understand what that means. 4. Numicon for addition

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Numicon is often taught in primary schools as a whole-school programme, meaning it is their main way of teaching maths. Teachers use worksheets, physical shapes, online activities, and more to teach using Numicon. As well as mainstream maths teaching, Numicon is also sometimes used as an intervention programme to help children struggling with maths. As the squares are clear on a Numicon shape, it can be easy to count around the edge to find the perimeter. It guides children whilst they learn early maths skills whilst they’re in nursery, reception, and up. Through Numicon ten-shape pattern, children can explore a number of different ways to add numbers to make ten. Children can use printable Numicon Shape Cut-Outs or concrete Numicon Shapes. Numicon ten-shape pattern is also useful for place value activities.

Using Numicon can also be a great way to create projects. Students can use Numicon to design projects, including posters, calendars, and graphs. This is a great way to connect math to real-world applications. The possibilities are endless when you use Numicon in your classroom. Numicon gives pupils an idea of what the value of each number looks like and that when we count in ones, the number gets bigger by the same amount each time.Through Numicon, children learn about physical shapes, and patterns and help form a foundation for children. Using the CPA approach (concrete, pictorial, abstract), Numicon turns abstract concepts into tangible and visual ones. This helps children form connections between numbers, shapes and values. Numicon at home can help children to better understand maths, both prior to starting primary school and when they are at school. Numicon at home kits provide family-friendly resources and activities that are created to help children understand the relationship between numbers. By having a physical material that they can hold and manipulate, pupils are more likely to be able to make the connections that allow them to work with numbers in an abstract form. In Third Space Learning’s one to one maths tuition, lessons are designed to support learners through visual teaching strategies. They have then used two pieces of Numicon to recreate the same shape. A natural progression from this for pupils who find this easy would be to then try to find number bonds with three addends. 7. Numicon for times tables