Counting (Compact Profile) Skill ladder Children are able to: Children may be observed: Observations: Achieved? explore countable objects. exploring countable objects such as cups or bricks, pushing Bronze them apart and together, showing recognition of separate objects. __ __ __ mimic an adult counting. imitating an adult counting by mimicking tapping objects one Silver by one, or pretending to recite numbers in order (they do not need to get the numbers right or even use real numbers). __ __ __ count or indicate two objects using quantity in relation to personal wants or needs at this with support. stage, They also understand the concept I have e.g.’Can two?’ Gold of counting through physical objects. __ __ __ use one-to-one using one-to-one correspondence to count up to three objects correspondence to reliably, and beginning to realise that objects are not the only Outcome 1 count up to three objects. things that can be counted, e.g. hops, jumps or claps. __ __ __ use one-to-one by matching up to five objects/pictures with ’counting’ correspondence to other objects or people, e.g. giving five children an apple count up to five objects. each or touch counting three apples. They will apply their Outcome 2 understanding of counting to more than just objects; they realise that anything can be counted, e.g. claps, steps in hopscotch. __ __ __ count up to 10 objects counting up to 10 objects. They understand that the last reliably. number counted is the total number of objects. Outcome 3 __ __ __ count up to 20 objects, counting up to 20 objects. They may use small groupings of possibly using grouping. 2s and 5s to reach the total for the set, e.g. 5 and 5 and 5 makes 15. Outcome 4 __ __ __ count larger sets of objects using groups of objects in 2s, 5s and 10s, and will be able to reliably, using grouping. include the remainder to get the right result, e.g. 10, 10, 10 and 2 make 32. Outcome 5 __ __ __ count large sets of objects counting objects in groups including in 3s and 4s, as well as using a range of strategies. 2s, 5s and 10s. Outcome 6 __ __ __
Counting (Compact Profile) Skill ladder Children are able to: Children may be observed: Observations: Achieved? Bronze explore countable objects. exploring countable objects such as cups or bricks, pushing them apart and together, showing recognition of separate objects. __ __ __ Silver mimic an adult counting. imitating an adult counting by mimicking tapping objects one by one, or pretending to recite numbers in order (they do not need to get the numbers right or even use real numbers). __ __ __ Gold count or indicate two objects with support. using quantity in relation to personal wants or needs at this stage, e.g.’Can I have two?’ They also understand the concept of counting through physical objects. __ __ __ Outcome 1 use one-to-one correspondence to count up to three objects. using one-to-one correspondence to count up to three objects reliably, and beginning to realise that objects are not the only things that can be counted, e.g. hops, jumps or claps. __ __ __ Outcome 2 use one-to-one correspondence to count up to five objects. ’counting’ by matching up to five objects/pictures with other objects or people, e.g. giving five children an apple each or touch counting three apples. They will apply their understanding of counting to more than just objects; they realise that anything can be counted, e.g. claps, steps in hopscotch. __ __ __ Outcome 3 count up to 10 objects reliably. counting up to 10 objects. They understand that the last number counted is the total number of objects. __ __ __ Outcome 4 count up to 20 objects, possibly using grouping. counting up to 20 objects. They may use small groupings of 2s and 5s to reach the total for the set, e.g. 5 and 5 and 5 makes 15. __ __ __ Outcome 5 count larger sets of objects reliably, using grouping. using groups of objects in 2s, 5s and 10s, and will be able to include the remainder to get the right result, e.g. 10, 10, 10 and 2 make 32. __ __ __ Outcome 6 count large sets of objects using a range of strategies. counting objects in groups including in 3s and 4s, as well as 2s, 5s and 10s. __ __ __