Subitising

 In Autahi we are always learning new things. We hope to share lots of them with you through Seesaw so that you can talk about the learning that happens when your child gets home.

This week we started exploring something in Maths that might have been a new term for you: Subitising.

In a nutshell, subitising means to recognise a group of objects without counting them. 

For example, when we roll a dice we don't need to count how many dots are facing up to know which number we have rolled.

The first step in learning to subitise is to recognise groupings of up to 5. This is key for helping build up a learners number sense. Later as their subitising skills grow, they will be able to quickly recognise patterns up to 10 and groupings within 10.

So how can you help your learner practise to subitise?

 

The Autahi Subitisers are using a variety of dice games, making number patterns with baking trays and magnets.

Even a simple game of how many gems are hiding under the bowl can be a quick and fun way to build up our subitising muscles.

We are explorers of water! Diving head-first into our Inquiry topic.