Numicon: Box of 80 Numicon Shapes (Numicon Apparatus)

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Numicon has a long history of being used within schools. Its success in helping children get to grips with foundational math skills has encouraged parents to use Numicon resources at hometo facilitate learning and development. By extending learning beyond the classroom, children can reinforce their knowledge with an already familiar resource.

Then, cut out the shapes and place them on the workspace for the class to count. This multisensory teaching method where the children are able to see and touch the number shapes and objects makes the numbers real and the lesson easier to digest. They’ll be working on their times tables in no time. For another fun, practical, and sensory activity to use with your year 2 children to assist them in using number lines, you can take your children outdoors. You can then draw a big number line on the ground using chalk in the playground at school, or even on your driveway at home. Next, ask the children to compare, add, and subtract the numbers that you call out, and get them to do this by jumping on the numbers on the ground. This makes for a fun-filled, and engaging activity, and a way to reinforce using number lines in a practical way! An at Home Kit is created for the parents to support children to do maths using a sequence of easy to play and fun activities to encourage learning about basic concepts of maths. At home kit is not suggested to be used for children under 36 months. Numicon Shapes also help children learn that larger numbers can be made up by adding smaller numbers together.

Children have two options for this question. Either they can go with the image on the left and just count each square to find the perimeter of 12 squares. Alternatively, they can measure each side separately and use addition (1+4+2+3+1+1) to also get the answer of 12 squares. Numicon practice questions Here the child has used a Numicon 8 and a Numicon 7 and placed them together to create a new shape, making sure the odd one is at the top. They have then used a ten and a five together to make the same shape. Therefore, they can see that the answer is 15. The physical representation of numbers using structured imagery plays to their strong sense of pattern – this very aspect of multi-sensory learning through play aids to facilitate the enjoyment of maths and make it engaging while helping children develop into confident problem solvers. This arithmetic way of teaching is perfect for youngsters in primary school, aged 4 to 7 years old and for older pupils with SEN. Additionally, children who are kinesthetic learners (learn by doing and carrying out physical activities) would benefit from using Numicon in the classroom or at home.

Children who are just beginning their maths journey can often get anxious about maths. Numbers are concepts that can be abstract to them and cause them to feel overwhelmed. Read the Teaching Resource Handbooks which contain a comprehensive guide to using manipulatives in the classroom, with planning and activity suggestions. In Early Years, children can use Numicon (or any other manipulative resource) as a non-standard unit of measurement and compare the length or height of items to these. This is an excellent way to encourage children to use language such as bigger, smaller, taller and shorter.Numicon ideas for early years is a certain approach that’s used for maths teaching, which helps children to spot connections between different numbers. Numicon resources at home provide a perfect way to understand the basic concepts of maths children will be studying in the classroom. Through the mathematical language and multi-sensory activities of Numicon, children will begin to develop the skills and understanding that will increase their knowledge about numbers.