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Working it out
Find lots of great activities to do with your child when you are out and about. Use maths language and show where the maths is in the world around us. There is lots of good advice and explanations of why these activities are important and how they link to what students are learning at school.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Foundation Year 1
- Purpose
- Family and carer activities Student activities
- Audience
- Families and carers
- Format
- Webpage
- General capabilities
- Numeracy
- Publisher
- Department for Education SA
- Copyright
- © Government of South Australia. Creative Commons BY 4.0.
- Other terms
- numeracy everyday activities
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