Numicon at home kits
Welcome to all those who have bought a Numicon at Home First Steps Kit, a Next Steps Kit or want to know more about them.
Extra activities and resources have been provided for the First Steps Kit, the Next Steps Kit and for anyone with both kits, which you can go straight to here:
We’ll be adding to the extra support and resources provided here, so keep visiting. If you’d like to find out more information about the kits to get you started, just see below.
About the Kits
First Steps Kit
Contents
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- First Steps Activity Book
- Numicon Zig Zag Book
- Bag of 32 Numicon Shapes
- Bag of 52 Coloured Pegs
- Numicon 100 Square Baseboard
- 4 Baseboard Picture Overlays
- Numeral Cards 0-10
- Set of 3 Threading Laces
- Numicon Feely Bag
Spend time with your pre-schooler or 4-year-old playing the games in this kit together, to give their maths learning the right start. Inside the kit you’ll find an activity book with pictures and step-by-step guidance to show you what to do. Try the activities in the order they appear in the book, and you’ll see your child’s learning and understanding grow.
All the activities in the kit are meant to be done many times and the ability of Numicon to enhance learning is limitless! To help you make the most of that, you can find extra activities to use with your first steps kit on this page.
The Next Steps Kit
Contents
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- Next Steps Activity Book
- Bag of 32 Numicon Shapes
- Bag of 10 Numicon Ten Shapes
- Bag of 24 Coloured Pegs
- Numicon 100 Square Baseboard
- Numicon Cut-Out Cards Pack
- Numicon Spinner
- Numicon 10s Number Line
Have fun with your child by playing the games in this kit together and help them to thrive at the maths they’re learning in school. Designed to work both brilliantly on its own and as a natural progression from the First Steps Kit, the activities and apparatus here will build your child’s understanding of numbers to 100 and their ability to use and talk about them with confidence.
In the kit there’s an easy-to-use activity book, with full guidance and step-by-step illustrations to show you what to do. Use the activities in the order they appear in the book and see your child’s understanding of key concepts grow from counting, adding and subtracting right through to multiplying, dividing and fractions. The activities are designed to be done many times – the more the better!
As an added bonus you can find more activities and resources to use with your Next Steps kit on this page.
As you build up your collection of Numicon apparatus, you unlock new ways for your child to learn and explore maths ideas. If you have both the First Steps and Next Steps Kits you may also like to try these new activities.
In the Numicon at Home kits for parents section below there are links to products that you can buy, designed to work with the kits.
Numicon is one of a kind! Used by teachers everywhere and proven to support and develop your child’s maths learning. If you would like to learn more about it, see our guide for parents.
First Steps Kit: Bonus Activities and Resources
First Steps: Extra Numicon Activities
Age 3+
Try five new First Steps activities and games to use with your new First Steps kit.
First Steps: Printable Numicon Shapes
Age 3+
Make your own pictures or number books using these Numicon Shapes you can print out.
First Steps: Numicon baseboard
Age 3+
Have fun with a paper version of the baseboard with this cut and stick activity.
Flower Puzzle Activity
Age 3+
Cut out the Numicon Shapes and stick them on to make a picture of a flower.
Next Steps Kit: Bonus Activities and Resources
Next Steps: Extra Numicon Activities
Age 5-7 | Key stage 1
Try five new Next Steps activities and games to use with your kit.
Next Steps: Printable Numicon Shapes
Age 5-7 | Key Stage 1
Printable Numicon Shapes to use with your Activity Book. (Pages 9, 26 & 29)
Next Steps: Cut-Out-Cards
Age 5-7 | Key Stage 1
Printable cut-out resources – in case yours get lost or damaged.
Next Steps: Blank Spinner
Age 5-7 | Key stage 1
Make your own Numicon games by writing different numbers, symbols and instructions for your spinner.
For both kits: Extra Activities
First and Next Steps together: Extra Activities
Age 3-7
Use the Numicon apparatus from your First Steps and Next Steps Kits together to try these five new activities for extra challenge.
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If you’d like more Numicon activities you can try at home, see these Numicon activity sheets.