Purpose:
You can help your child learn to read and write the numbers from one to ten.
What you need:
- Newspaper, junk mail or old magazines
- Scissors
- Glue
- Plain Paper (A4 copy paper or a writing pad)
- Pens
What to do:
This is a great way to use all the junk mail, old magazines and newspapers.
Use the paper to make a simple booklet.
Make a counting book with ten pages.
Put on thing on page one, two things on page two and so on. Make all the things on each page the same, for example "1 boat, 2 cars, 3 people, 4 trees."
As you look through the newspaper together encourage your child to find and read numbers.
That’s right, that’s a number. What’s the name of that one? Can we find any more sevens?"
Write the number of items on each page into the book. Help your child to practice writing the number on the page as well. Write the number in lots of different colours for lots of practice. Write the number in English and in other languages.
What to expect your child to do:
- Know the numbers from one to ten that they find.
- Write the numbers from one to ten.
He Kupu Māori:
| How many? | E hia? |
| one | tahi |
| two | rua |
| three | toru |
| four | whā |
| five | rima |
| six | ono |
| seven | whitu |
| eight | waru |
| nine | iwa |
| ten | tekau |
He Whakawhitinga Kōrero:
- E hia ngā [manu]? (How many [birds] are there?)
- Tatauria ngā [manu]. (Count the [birds].)
- Ko te aha tēnei tau? (What is this number?)
- Ka pai, ko te [rima] tēnei. E rima ngā [manu]. (That’s good, this is five. There are five [birds].)
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