What is a Numicon piece?

What is a Numicon piece?

Numicon are a system of flat plastic shapes with holes in them. Each shape represents a number from one to 10 and each number has its own colour. Numicon can be used across EYFS, KS1, KS2, and to help bridge the gap to KS3.

What age is Numicon for?

Numicon apparatus encourages children to reason mathematically through use of concrete objects. Numicon builds a deep understanding of maths through a multi-sensory approach. This pack contains apparatus for teaching children aged 9 to 11.

What are Numicon pegs used for?

The aim of Numicon is to make numbers real for children. It is an effective, multi-sensory resource because it helps children to physically see and feel the value of numbers, and see the relationships between numbers. You can find out more about Numicon on the Numicon guide for parents page.

How do you use a Numicon in early years?

Place the Numicon shapes 1-10 in a random arrangement next to the number line (the children could help with this).

1. Use the number line and encourage the children to count along it or recognise each numeral and shape.
2. Ask the children to match the Numicon pieces to the numerals.*

Is Numicon evidence based?

Evidence for the effectiveness of the Numicon approach has been accumulating since an original Teacher Training Agency (TTA) funded research project began in 1996. A research report from Ann Dowker of Oxford University that features Numicon.

Who invented Numicon?

Numicon grew out of a classroom based research project funded by the Teacher Training Agency carried out between 1996 and 1998 by Numicon authors Ruth Atkinson, Romey Tacon and Dr Tony Wing.

What do you need to know about numicon for children?

Numicon is an approach to teaching maths that helps your child to see connections between numbers. From Oxford University Press, it supports your child as they learn early maths skills in nursery and primary school.

What are the resources in the Numicon pack?

Included in this pack are 5 lots of each type of number bond puzzle: 5 x number bonds to 10 with Numicon paired with Numicon. 5 x number bonds to 10 with Numicon paired with numbers. Flashcards showing numicon shape, number and word for display, ordering or flashcard use. Resources included are as follows: 20 PDF files for you to print.

How many pieces of clip art are in Numicon?

Numicon Style Number Frames in Various Colors Clipart Set – 44 pieces of clip art in a pack or bundle for your worksheets or educational resources. All images or pictures are high resolution so you can have large illustrations of them and they’ll still be clean and beautiful.Images are in PNG format

Why are the holes in a numicon important?

Physical resources like the colourful Numicon Shapes are an important part of Numicon. The holes in the Numicon Shapes represent the numbers 1 to 10. When they are arranged in order, as in the picture below, children can easily see connections between numbers, such as ‘one more’ or ‘one less’.