Language

stage

Materials

Language

Recording

The move to
symbols is
often made
too quickly
and the use
of materials
dropped too
soon
( Reys,et.
Al.,2014)

Real life/ Children are

familiar with. e.g
Blocks, cars, lego
pictures, real life
objects etc.

Lots of, groups

of, sets of,
cups of, bags
of , how many
altogether

Using objects
to display,
No symbolic
recording at
this stage as
children are
not ready.

Array Model
If I had 2
friends and
each of them
had 5 lollies,
how many
lollies would I
have
altogether?

Using objects
to display
understandin
g or drawing
pictures, No
symbolic
recording at
this stage as
children are
not ready

This is a great book to

introduce children to
multiplication at
language stage.

Materials
stage

Counters, paddle pop

sticks, Maths blocks, teddy

Set Model
If I had 5 bags
with 2 apples
in each bag,
how many
apples would i
have?

bears.

Lots of, groups

of, sets of,
cups of, bags
of, how many
altogether

Mathemati
cal Stage

MAB blocks for

multiplication
algorithm

Draw 3
groups of 2
Multiplied by,
multiply,
equals
NOT TIMES

Writing
problem
stories.

Symbolic
stage

No Materials should be
needed unless
Multiplication
algorithm is used.

Mathematical
language
Multiplication
Algorithm
In which house
should we start?
Do we need to
jump the fence?
Do we have any
left over? Do we
need to trade
NOT BORROW.

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