Numeracy at home

Numeracy at Home

 As your child’s first teacher, you play an important role in helping develop their numeracy skills from an early age. Numeracy skills give children an important start to their learning and development. They also help prepare them for daily life at all ages. 

One way you can support your child’s understanding of numeracy at home is… 

Encourage your child to ask questions to help them make sense of everyday situations.

 Respond to your child’s ideas by asking questions, such as: 

How much is there? 

Will there be enough? 

How big is it? 

Which way will I go? 

What might happen if…?

 Is it likely to happen? 

How do you know that? 

How many? 

Why does…? 

Problem of the Fortnight 

Work together with your family and see if you can find out the answers to the problems below. Hint: There is more than one possible answer!

 Lower Years

 I started at 93 and counted backwards by 5’s. What are some numbers that I might have said? 

Middle Years

 Look at the following sequence: 1, 7, 13, 19, 25… . Is 80 a member of this sequence? Explain your reasoning. 

Senior Years 

The answer to a division number sentence is between 20 and 30. What might the division number sentence be?

 How to be a Mathematician

We would love to see how families are engaging in numeracy at home, please feel free to send in any action shots to Felicity.Elliott@education.vic.gov.au