Exploring Numicon in the Classroom 

Teaching and learning with Numicon requires children to be active - to actively learn and to do the mathematics for themselves.  Doing mathematics (i.e. thinking and communicating mathematically) with Numicon, explicitly involves illustrating in every activity through exploring relationships.  

Presentation 3:  

Specific Learning Objectives 

Having participated in this presentation teachers will: 

• Determine the practices of an effective teacher of mathematics;
• Identify and select Numicon units of work to teach selected strand units in mathematics;
• Outline and use activities that support the Numicon approach to teaching mathematics. 

 Presentation Outline/Overview 

1. 100 Baseboard,

2. Geometry,

3. Layouts,

4. The Clock,

5. Fractions,

6. Factors,

7. Division,

8. Multiplication,

9. Place Value.

Tutor bio:

Edmond Scannell is an Administrative Principal with over 25 years of teaching both Mainstream and Special Needs.  He is a Certified eTutor and a FRIENDS Youth Resilience accredited facilitator with NEPS.