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Often a picture will really engage children. For example, it could be something simple like a picture of four children. You could ask ‘How many toes do they have altogether? How many legs?’ At this point, the number of stories will normally be presented solely as word problems, without so much need for visuals or props. The onus is more on the children to work things out through mental methods, or their own pictures or notes. All of our resources are easy to use, just press the green button, print off your resource, and you are ready to go! If you liked this resource try this number bonds to 10 activity booklet. This resource represents number facts of 10 in a variety of ways, so that children will stay focused and engaged. The language is different! The images are different. These are not numbers, but real things, and it requires a different type of thinking.

The cognitive psychologist Jerome Bruner states that ‘stories are 22 times more memorable than facts alone.’ (Source)Animals (Six sparrows went walking through the wood. They each found two worms. How many did they find?) One day I went to the zoo. I saw two snakes and three, four or five lions. Then I stopped for six minutes for lunch. My brothers had seven sandwiches and eight or nine drinks. Then I saw ten horses. Then I went home and it was fun at the zoo.

There’s a difference between being good at maths in the abstract, and being good at it in practice. There are many books that include the concept of one more. You might not even notice the fact unless you really thought about it. Even though these two examples use quite simple functions of addition and subtraction, the larger numbers involved require children to be clear in their methods of working out. Multiplying

You will find loads of examples of sheets and ideas that teachers and parents have already created. Find A Picture That Tells A Story One night there were two ghosts underneath my bed. Three vampires were in the roof. Then I looked out side and saw four witches. Then there were five monsters. Then I saw six or seven mummies. After that there were eight aliens and nine or ten wolves. A pizza is split into 8 pieces. John has half the pizza. How many slices does he have? Usman has a quarter. How many slices for him?’ Creating Number Stories

There are many simple early books that are like a kind of number story. A lot of these have different quantities of things in them. A good example is this book – One Ted Falls Out Of Bed by Julia Donaldson: There are many benefits of teaching number stories, that I will take a look at now… The Benefits Of Number Stories

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There are lots of counting objects, and even some calculating. The music really helps! The more multisensory you can make learning at this stage of life the better. Using Numbers Stones Stories leave a deeper impression in our minds than just talking about numbers. Stories Are Emotive Another example might be ‘The four lady bears each had one husband. How many bears were there?’ Higher Level Number Stories