Numeracy and Literacy

  Numeracy                                             Fishing with numbers  

 Foundational numeracy can be described in these main areas; 

  • Number                                                                                

  • Measurement

  • Space                                                                                                     

 Sharing is about division and counting 

 Meaningful early learning of number relies on the understanding of the link between words, groups and number symbols. Each number has a name (two), a group size it represents (**) and a symbol (2). These three areas include being able to rote count, one to one correspondence count and identify numbers. Through play based experiences we see children’s thinking develop in this area. For example:

Dice games

  • Number rhymes

  • Counting/Sorting objects

  • Number books

  • Sharing items is division (“two trains for you and two for me”)

  • Big and little are measurement

  • Heavy and light are about mass 

  • Identifying and exploring shapes with our bodies                                 

           Reading together 

 Literacy

Reading and Writing (literacy) is a way of representing language and is embedded in our culture. Children’s experience of literacy is very dependent on the interactions that they have with print and language. Most of us think about reading as something our child will learn to do at school. However, a child’s journey to becoming an independent reader starts long before their first day at school. Research tells us that there are a number of foundation skills and experiences that will make it more likely that a child will become a successful reader. These include a familiarity with books, an awareness and knowledge of print in the world and how it is useful to us and the ability to recognise patterns in sounds (such as rhyming). There are lots of fun ways we play with literacy in our 3 year old and 4 year old kinder groups.

For more information you can download Building Good Practise. Early Childhood lieracy and numeracy. at http://www.deewr.gov.au/EarlyChildhood/Resources/Pages/EarlyChildhoodLearning.aspx

For literacy and numeracy learning cards go to;

http://www.deewr.gov.au/Earlychildhood/Resources/Documents/LiteracyCardsHigh.pdf

http://www.deewr.gov.au/Earlychildhood/Resources/Documents/NumeracyCardsHigh.p