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.
Curriculum Alignment:
- 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.