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Adding to 5

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.

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Lesson Overview

Adding to 5

Ages 3-5

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.
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Description

By the end of this unit, children will be able to:

  1. use objects or counters to represent numbers and perform addition.
  2. combine two sets of objects and count the total
  3. understand that addition is combining two or more sets to make a larger set.
  4. recognize the ‘+’ symbol as an operation that signifies addition.
  • 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.
Last updated on: February 16, 2026

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