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Counting and place value

This comprehensive guide descibes the stages involved as children learn to count. Each developmental stage is described in detail and illustrated with classroom activities.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Foundation, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4
Purpose	Content knowledge, Teaching strategies
Format	Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Worked examples, Metacognitive strategies, Concrete Representational Abstract model
Keywords	counting,, place value, subitising, cardinality, order
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Numeracy
Strand and focus	Number, Build understanding, Apply understanding
Topics	Place value, Addition and subtraction
AC: Mathematics content descriptions	ACMNA001 Establish understanding of the language and processes of counting by naming numbers in sequences, initially to and from 20, moving from any starting point ACMNA002 Connect number names, numerals and quantities, including zero, initially up to 10 and then beyond ACMNA003 Subitise small collections of objects ACMNA004 Represent practical situations to model addition and sharing ACMNA005 Sort and classify familiar objects and explain the basis for these classifications. Copy, continue and create patterns with objects and drawings ACMNA012 Develop confidence with number sequences to and from 100 by ones from any starting point. Skip count by twos, fives and tens starting from zero ACMNA013 Recognise, model, read, write and order numbers to at least 100. Locate these numbers on a number line ACMNA014 Count collections to 100 by partitioning numbers using place value ACMNA015 Represent and solve simple addition and subtraction problems using a range of strategies including counting on, partitioning and rearranging parts
National numeracy learning progression	Quantifying numbers - QuN6 Additive strategies Multiplicative strategies
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Organisation	International Centre of Excellence for Education in Mathematics
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