Here are some activities you can use to help your child at each of the stages. Some of these may be familiar to you already, others may spark something new for you to try.
Emergent (Stage 0)
· Singing counting/nursery rhymes.
· Using picture books for example 'The hungry caterpillar'
· Play 'snap' with playing cards
· Counting backwards and forwards to 10.
One-to-one counting (Stage 1)
· Counting in everyday contexts e.g. getting the right number of pegs for the washing, setting the table (five people for tea—how many knives/forks etc.)
· Playing 'Dominoes'
Counting for One on Materials (Stage 2)
· Use contexts to practice maths equations
* 5 apples in the fruit bowl and we're going to eat 2—how many are left? Have the materials available to look at
* How many legs on 2 chairs?
* Four of us are having pizza for tea. How will we cut it fairly?
* Playing card games such as 'fish'
Counting from One by using Images (Stage 3)
· Use contexts to practice maths equations
* There are three people in our family, we have two people coming for tea—How many more chairs will we need? (No material in front of the child—they need to picture what it will look like)
* Playing card games such as 'Memories'
Counting On—advanced Counting (Stage 4)
· Use contexts to practice maths equations especially with money
* I've got 50 cents. I get 20 more cents—how much have I got?
* I've got $27, my sister has $32—How much more has she got? (27, 28 ,29, 30, 31, 32 or 32, 31, 30, 29, 28, 27)
* I have 21 lollies that I will share between three of us—how many do we get each? (may need materials)
* Playing board fames such as 'Monopoly', 'Snakes and Ladders'
Early Additive—part-whole (Stage 5)
· Using date and calendars e.g. I was born in 1987—How old am I now?
· Car licence plates can be useful numeracy games while travelling
* 'Licence Cricket' - take turns to use the
last number in car number plates to score—you're out when you get '0'
* Add the numbers on a plate, look for patterns e.g. add tidy tens together first.
* Read the numbers aloud—3 and 4 digit number practice e.g. 7263
* Add the first two digits to the second two digits e.g. 72 + 63
Advanced Additive—part-whole (Stage 6)
· Using dates and calendars, look for patterns e.g. numbers in a square or diagonal numbers
· Use contexts to practice maths equations
* Buying packs e.g. cans of soft drink—6 packs of 4 cans—how many altogether? What is the total volume?
* If a packet of 10 cakes were $2.50—how much would each cake cost?
* 8 pies shared among 3 people—how much would each person get?
· Reading family phone numbers as a number rather than as digits e.g. 3126553—three million, one hundred and twenty-six thousand, five
hundred and thirty-three.
Advanced Multiplicative—part-whole (Stage 7 )
· Encourage students to use more than one strategy to check their
answers.
· Use contexts to practice maths equations
* Use decimals and fractions—everyone gets 2/5 of the pizza, how many pizzas feed 6 peoples?
· In the supermarket—look for the most economical size-brand
Advanced Proportional—part-whole (Stage 8)
· Continue to use contexts to practice maths equations
* Make use of percentages—20% discount on an item? How much will we save? What will the final price be?
* Use ratio/proportion—At our hangi we need six carrots for every five people, how many will we need for 15 people?
· Again encourage students to try other strategies to check their answers.