First Skills in Numeracy is a stand alone package of maths resources for key stage 1. It has a numeracy focus and is linked to the Framework of the National Numeracy Project. The teacher's handbook contains lesson plans designed to follow the plan-do-review format of the numeracy hour. The lesson plans are linked to the pictures from the accompanying Interactive Picture Pack and are grouped by interactive picture in an easy to follow style.

 

This book is part of a book series called First Skills in Numeracy .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 1. KS1 covers school years 1 and 2, and ages 5-7 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks.

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 1999 by Cambridge University Press .

Sue Atkinson has many years' experience as a primary school teacher in maths education, and has done research into how children learn maths. She is now a freelance maths consultant working with children, teachers and parents throughout the UK and internationally.

This book has the following chapters: What is First Skills in Numeracy?; 1. Mental maths and number games; 2. Year 1 lesson plans; 3. Photocopiable resource sheets; Planning grids.