Teach children how to use objects or counters to represent numbers and perform addition and understand that addition is combining two or more sets to make a larger set.
By the end of this unit, children will be able to:
use objects or counters to represent numbers and perform addition.
combine two sets of objects and count the total
understand that addition is combining two or more sets to make a larger set.
recognize the ‘+’ symbol as an operation that signifies addition.
Links to Curriculum
Development Matters − Reception − Explore the composition of numbers to 10.
Birth to 5 Matters − Range 6 − Shows awareness that numbers are made up (composed) of smaller numbers, exploring partitioning in different ways with a wide range of objects.
