Judy Hornigold draws on her teaching and training experience to set out over 50 games and activities that can help build confidence in the all-important early numeracy skills. Judy provides detailed strategies for teaching numeracy skills through a progression of practical activities and visualisation techniques which build the self-esteem of students who need extra help and give them a basic foundation in number.

Topics covered include:

• Dice and dot pattern games
• Five and ten frames
• Playing with playing cards
• Base ten materials
• Using Cuisenaire rods, numicon, pattern blocks and virtual manipulatives