Numbers - Whole Numbers & Counting

Number as a value expressed by word or symbol to represent the quantity of something.

• Exploring numbers numerically and symbolically e.g. through counting & one-to-one correspondence.

• Exploring numbers in the environment & in the world around us

• Exploring Cardinal Number – the use of a number to label ‘how many’ in a set

• Exploring Ordinal Number – used to explain the position of something in an order e.g. first, second, third & the sequential relationship.

• Exploring Nominal Numbers – numbers used as a name or label to help us identify something

• Counting principles – One-to-one principle, stable order principle, cardinal principle