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Blue level - Prep
Whole Numbers
- the numbers 1 to 10
- the concept of groups
- the concept of zero as a number
Addition
- addition of two groups of objects
- addition of groups where the total sum is 10 or less
- addition combinations of 10
- recognition that adding one group of objects to another group of objects will increase the total quantity of objects
Subtraction
- counting backwards from 10
- horizontal subtraction of 0 to 2 objects from 5 objects
- horizontal subtraction of 0 to 10 objects from 10 objects
- vertical subtraction of 0 to 2 objects from 5 objects
- vertical subtraction of 0 to 10 objects from 10 objects
Preschool Multiplication,/
- introduction to very basic multiplication
· counting the total number of objects in equal sized groups where the total amount of objects is no more than 10
· recognising and creating groups
Fractions
- commences at Purple level
Time and Money
- sequence of events (relational - first, next, last, before and after / positional - 1st to 5th)
- times of the day (day time, night time, morning and afternoon)
- introduction to days of the week
- associated language: yesterday, today, tomorrow
- durations - short and long time, fast and slow
- money situations
Measurement
- concept of mass: heavy, light, same
- concept of length: comparison of 2 objects (tall/short, high/low, wide/narrow, thick/thin, same/different)
- concept of area: elementary introduction to covering a surface
vconcept of volume: elementary introduction to volume (full/empty, holds more than, holds less than, holds as much as)
Space
- identify and describe positions: (positional: in/out; outside/inside; over/under, above/below, on/off, top/bottom, same/different)
- identify and describe plane 2-D shapes:
- relational: same/different, big/little, large/small, top/bottom
- operational: The same, match, cover
- geometric: round, straight, corner, side, flat, circle, triangle, rectangle, square
- line: concept of the line and the use of the word "line"
- identify and describe plane 3-D shapes (solids): operational (same, match, cover) and geometric (box shape, ball shape, can shape)
- symmetry: explore folding of plane shapes
Chance and data
- physical pairing of objects
- language: matches, does not match, each, none, all, enough, not enough, too many, more, less, same, different
- introduction to graphs: 2 column
- graphing - form of organising and representing information whenever it is necessary to compare numbers or record classifications
- introduction to graphs: 3 column
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