Numicon: Bag of Numicon Shapes 1-10

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Early Calculating –Numicon shapes are great for practising simple addition and subtraction sums. Using the shapes that represent each number in the sum you can add and take away as and when needed and allow children to count at their own pace.

Each Numicon Shape is a different colour, so children learn that each number has a different value. Numicon is a system of flat plastic shapes with holes in them. Each shape represents a number from one to 10 and each number has its own colour.Numicon is a set of colourful shapes with holes in them representing a numeric value from 1 to 10. They provide a handy visual aid that helps children form an understanding of how numbers relate to quantities of tangible shapes and objects. You can also use these activities as revision activities, or to bring lessons to their close, as they can be used to help students revise and consolidate what they've learnt in a visual and interactive way. Furthermore, by introducing the competitive element of a game into an activity, you can motivate children to work harder as they will want to get more answers correct! Perfect for your lessons on number bonds of 10, these resources will ensure that students are kept engaged while learning. Number bonds resources Based on a concrete-pictorial-abstract approach, Numicon uses structured imagery and apparatus to help children explore and understand mathematical concepts. Each of these Numicon posters have been carefully made by Twinkl in collaboration with Oxford University Press. This means that you can rest assured that you can use this resource to provide a top quality teaching experience while cutting down on that pesky preparation time.

This doubling is represented through Numicon Shapes, which provides a handy visual representation of how these questions can be worked out. This means that if children aren't confident with doubling, they can simply count the holes in the Numicon shapes to help them. Later on, your child will be able to see more complex mathematical ideas, like how two fours make eight, three twos make six, and so on. This lays the foundation for their understanding of number all the way through school. Numicon Shapes are designed to help children to communicate mathematically by being active, illustrating and talking. Numicon maths helps children to reason mathematically, using spoken language alongside concrete and pictorial representations to explain and justify their thinking. This method of teaching and learning is known as the Concrete – Pictorial – Abstract approach, or CPA.Numicon can be used across EYFS, KS1, KS2, and to help bridge the gap to KS3. Numicon’s approach to teaching maths helps children to see connections between numbers, supporting children as they learn early maths skills in nursery, primary school, and beyond. It's a multi-sensory way of learning, which means children learn by seeing and feeling. This is great for kinaesthetic learners – children who learn by doing.