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Counting and place value

This comprehensive guide describes 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
Audience	Teacher
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 (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9MFN01 Name, represent and order numbers including zero to at least 20, using physical and virtual materials and numerals AC9M1N01 Recognise, represent and order numbers to at least 120 using physical and virtual materials, numerals, number lines and charts AC9M2N01 Recognise, represent and order numbers to at least 1000 using physical and virtual materials, numerals and number lines AC9M3N01 Recognise, represent and order natural numbers using naming and writing conventions for numerals beyond 10,000 AC9M4N01 Recognise and extend the application of place value to tenths and hundredths and use the conventions of decimal notation to name and represent decimals
Numeracy progression	Number and place value (NPV2, P4, P5, P6, P7)
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Organisation	International Centre of Excellence for Education in Mathematics
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