Numicon: Numicon Pupil Book 5 (Numicon Teaching Resources)

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From this point, the pupil could place the Numicon in this arrangement on a baseboard and use pegs to count the total.

You can then use the Numicon to introduce numbers to children, associating the name of each number with its corresponding shape, as in the image below: 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 tablesHere 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.

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.

Using Numicon for beginners to avoid maths anxiety

Based on a concrete-pictorial-abstract approach, Numicon uses structured imagery and apparatus to help children explore and understand mathematical concepts. Numicon can be incorporated into learning and used to help understand a range of mathematical ideas: 1. Counting This means that using teaching tools like Numicon appeals to children's sense of pattern and helps them to understand how numbers fit together. This is essential for building a solid foundation in their maths education. Recent studies about Numicon for beginners Here are a few more lovely Numicon Shape resources you can use to help children to get grips with multiplication and dealing with larger numbers. We think these would work wonderfully alongside our Numicon times tables worksheets: When children manipulate something physical, not just paper and pencil, they gain confidence and a better understanding, which leads to higher achievement: over 90% of teachers agree that Numicon has a positive effect on students' learning.