Numicon Presentation 1

Exploring Numicon in the Classroom

Teaching and learning with Numicon requires children to be active - to actively learn and to do the mathematics for themselves.  Doing mathematics (i.e. thinking and communicating mathematically) with Numicon, explicitly involves illustrating in every activity through exploring relationships.

Presentation 1:

Specific Learning Objectives

Having participated in this presentation teachers will:

• Acquire a comprehensive working knowledge of how the unique materials that comprise Numicon can be used to explore and develop a broad range of key mathematical concepts with their pupils;
• Revise, refresh and utilise the key pedagogical approaches to the teaching of mathematics;
• Better devise, resource and deliver mathematics lessons that are hands-on and full of potential & possibility for discussion and conversation.

Presentation Outline/Overview

1. Matching Shapes

2. Ordering Shapes

3. Counting to 5

4. Understanding One More

5. Odd & Even, Sorting

6. Investigate Ordering & Make Generalisations

7. Basic Adding & Subtracting

8. Using Numicon Pegs

9. Number Bonds to 10

10. Number Square Patterns

Edmond Scannell is a teacher at a special school in Limerick and has been teaching for 24 years.  He has presented to a number of ETBs, schools and colleges on Literacy and Mathematics.  

This webinar is part of a 3 - part series and all webinars will need to be attended. 

Presentation 2: Tuesday 26^TH January 2021 Presentation 2, 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM

Presentation 3: Tuesday 2^nd February 2021 Presentation 3, 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM

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