Day 4

Session 3: Number names and number symbols

Flash any of the number names between zero and one hundred in the facilitator aid to the learners. They must give the answer orally as quickly as possible.

Complete activity 7 in workbook 1. The learners connect the number names and the number symbols.

Day 4

Session 1: Counting and time

Revise the concepts of time (days of the week, months of the year and seasons). In maths it is very important that the learners experience the concepts as part of gross motor play (with their bodies) to understand them and make them concrete.

• Count from 100 to 180. • Count in 2s to 100. • Count in 5s to 100. • Count in 10s to 100. • Say the days of the week. • Sing the months of the year. • Say the names of the seasons.

Session 2: Subtraction with place values

Write the example sum from activity 8 in workbook 1 on the board. Explain to the learners there is an easy way to subtract big numbers. Break down each number into tens and ones. First subtract the tens from each other and then subtract the ones from each other, then add the tens and ones together. The learners do not have to write down the whole calculation, but can do the calculations in their heads. The sums will thus be 60 – 10 and 4 – 2.

64 – 12

= (60 + 4) – (10 + 2) = 50 + 2 = 52

Complete activity 8 in workbook 1. The learners break down the numbers to complete the subtraction sums.

Session 3: Number names and number symbols

The learners must be able to read number names without getting confused by the number symbols. Write the number name ‘a hundred and twenty-six’ on the board. Write the numbers 126 and 162 next to it. Let the learners choose the correct number symbol by voting. Explain the concept again to the learners who chose the incorrect number symbol.

Complete activity 9 in workbook 1. The learners colour the correct block to match the number name and the number symbol.