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Site overview

General Overview of the site

The site covers:
The National Numeracy Strategy at Levels 1 and 2

It deals with the subject area of:
Numbers and the number system

The areas of the Numbertime site and their main aims

1. Play a game
These are all online activities:
Dartboard, Mend the number square, Find one more, Find the number, Snakes & ladders, Test the toad.

2. Print & Do
These are activities to print out and use away from the computer:
Add and take away, Writing numbers, Number ladders, Number sequences, Making numbers, Number stories

3. Watch Addem
These are story animations that entertain and reinforce the learning aims of the site and would best be used as either an introduction or as a plenary to a lesson:
Lost babies, Houses, Bedtime, The Chef, Antthea's acorns, Cowboys, Birthday candles, Regatta, New office, Square bashing.

4. Songs
These use music with animation to help children learn. The songs could be learned by the class and perhaps performed in assembly to enhance number confidence:
Sign of the plus, Sign of the minus, Bottles of pop.

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