Building Number Sense Through Counting Collections

In our recent Counting Collections sessions, we’ve been focusing on the composition of numbers — understanding how numbers can be broken into parts and put back together. It has been fantastic to see the children applying this in their counting, often splitting their collections into two groups and recording their thinking with simple number sentences.

I have been especially impressed with their mathematical mark making. The children are confidently using numbers, symbols, and drawings to represent their ideas, showing a deepening understanding of how numbers work. We are very proud of the progress they are making and their growing confidence as young mathematicians.