Topic+Maths



What do the Numeracy Stages mean?  Children at this stage are joining or separating sets of objects to 10 initially and to 20 as they build up confidence.  They count all the objects in both sets to find the answer.
 * Counting from 1 on materials **

 Children at this stage are joining and separating sets by visualising the sets in their heads.  This is a tricky stage for some children as it goes from using the seen to the unseen.
 *  Counting from one by imaging **

 Children at this stage are able to use counting on to solve joining problems and counting back to solve separating problems.  That is they are no longer needing to count all the objects to find the answer.  e.g 6+7 they recognise they already have 6 and start the count from there 7,8,9,10...
 *  Advanced counting **

**Early additive** At this stage...