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Numicon at Home

As we know, children’s early experiences at home and school have a huge impact on their later achievement in maths.

We have worked carefully to create a fun and yet meaningful programme for children whether they be at home or school in their learning of Mathematics. Language ideas are supported with 'conversation' ideas and hands-on activities.

1st Steps with Numicon at Home  and  1st Steps with Numicon in the Nursery provide families and Early Childhood Centres with wonderful hands-on activities that give children a sound start to their understanding of maths and boosts the adult's subject knowledge.

Numicon for Early childhood and New Entrants- The Foundation Years

Concepts covered:

• Patterns, ordering patterns
• Sequencing
• Counting to 10
• Ordering numerals
• Combining patterns
• Separating patterns
• Making numbers
• Reasoning about numbers

A new supporting resource- Numicon Homework Activities NEW!

 

Year One 

The multi-sensory teaching programmes in Kit 1 help children to secure understanding and help teachers to meet the Learning Objectives for Year 1. Some children may take longer than one year to complete this programme. This is also the beginning place for remediation.

Concepts covered are:

Counting up to 10 objects, reading and writing numerals to 10, ordering numerals 1-10, using the fraction-one half

understanding addition as finding the total of two or more objects or sets

understanding subtraction as 'taking away' to find out what is left

add and subtract number of objects to 10

solve addition/subtraction problems up to 10

understanding the = sign and the concept of equivalence

record their work

A new supporting resource- Numicon Homework Activities-NEW!

Year Two
The learning objectives for Year 2 are easily met with this teaching programme taking children into extended addition ans subtraction. Multiplication, division, beginning fractions and many opportunities for measurement follow afterwards. Some children may take longer than one year to complete this programme.

Concepts covered are:

Counting sets reliably, place value to 100, ordering numbers to 100, place value

Fractions of halves and quarters

Addition and subtraction are inverse actions

Halving and doubling

Recall of addition/subtraction facts to 100

Mental strategies

Money and measure with numeracy

Record their work in writing

Choosing addition or subtraction to solve a problem

Multiplication and division

A new supporting resource- Numicon Homework Activities NEW!

Year Three

This is a new kit due to be released in 2010

Concepts covered are:

• Place value in  numbers to 1000, making approximations, negative numbers as seen in temperature
• Simple and equivalent fractions
• Decimal notation such as in money
• Derive associated division facts from known multiplication facts
• Add and subtract 2 digit numbers, then 3 digit numbers
• Divide with digits 2,3,4,5,10 with whole numbers and those with remainders
• Mental addition and subtraction up to 20
• Solving multiplication and division problems

Gifted and Talented- Investigations with Numicon

Numicon Shapes and Number Rods are used as a starting point to allow the majority of pupils to be involved at a basic level. However the activities have been design as open-ended investigations and give plenty of opportunity for gifted and talented children to develop their skills and the take the challenges to higher levels. Students from 8-12 years old really enjoy this set of activities that lead them into higher thinking about maths.

The activities in this NEW kit are designed at a low threshold and extend into activities that will satisfy children up 12 years of age.

Remediation

Numicon is ideal to use with small groups or individual in a remedial maths programme.  The activities are fun and meaningful and assessment supports so easy and effective to use.  Long term gains are well-documented internationally from many private and sponsored studies. Begin at Closing the Gap or Kit One.

A new supporting resource- Numicon Homework Activities NEW!

You will enjoy watching the video below of a teacher aide working with Tyler. Used by permission.

 

Special Needs
Numicon’s small steps teaching programme with its use of strong visual imagery and the emphasis on pattern and language is proving successful for pupils who are experiencing difficulty including those who have special needs. The students typically work through the same activities but at a pace that suits them.  Many students will take 2 or more years to complete each kit programme. The recall of facts will vary, but a growing confidence in number and solving problems will provide a meaningful introduction to the use of the calculator. We have loan kits available for families and schools to use for 3 months. Click here for more information.

A new supporting resource- Numicon Homework Activities NEW!

Spares and Accessories
All components of Numicon Kits and Teaching Material Files are available separately, although assembled kits cost less than the sum of the parts. There are also additional products shown in this section which are not included in the kits. Accessories are grouped into categories.

Numicon Software for Interactive Whiteboards
The Numicon software provides a rich library of images and models to support arithmetic teaching and to enhance the multi-sensory Numicon programme in whole class teaching sessions.  The software is compatible with PC and AppleMAc There are Three licences- Site for whole school licence, 30 users and 1-4 users. It can be loaded onto your school network, used with students on their own computers at school, or home. The software is downloaded from the website. See five minute trial here

Professional Development

We often use the phrase “there’s no magic in the plastic, it’s what you do with it that counts”. We see training and support as a really important part of what we do and Numicon is enhanced with Training and this gives teachers and parents help in getting started and maintaining their expertise.  Courses are regularly held in New Zealand and Australia. Please check back from time to time or register your interest here.

Trainers of Numicon

There are now qualified trainers in:

New Zealand - Whangarei and Auckland. The next "Trainers Workshop" is in October, Christchurch

Australia- Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane, Tweed Heads, Coff's Harbour, Cairns.  Julie Butler from Turner School in Canberra welcomes inquiries from other Canberra teachers. Click here to email her

Contact us to find details of the other trainers.