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21st April - 25th April- Cardinality, ordinality and counting
This week the children will engage in activities that draw attention to the purpose of counting - to find out 'how many' objects there are. They will revisit the concept of cardinality - the idea that the last number in the count tells us how many things there are altogether. They will be given further opportunities to hear, join in with and develop their knowledge of the counting sequence and will begin to identify missing numbers. They will think about strategies for counting larger numbers of objects, including those that cannot be moved. They will learn to count on from different starting numbers.