2024 Resource Guide Semester 2 Web

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Themed Counters
Themed counters are the ideal manipulative to use:
• when applying the Abstraction Counting Principle (see Counting Principles);
• for sorting and classifying activities. Start with transport counters as they are
more familiar to children and easier to name. You will need clear sorting areas
such as bowls and some labels;
• when linking themes to mathematics lessons.
Transport counters
Six types of transportation: bus, car, train, helicopter,
plane and tug boat
Six colours: red, orange, yellow, green, blue & purple.
Approx. 4 cm, 72 counters
DPS3025 72 piece set $44 (inc. GST)
Dinosaur counters
Eight dinosaurs: Brachiosaurus, Euoplocephalus,
Parasaurolophus, Spinosaurus, Stegosaurus,
Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus rex.
Six colours: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and
purple. Approx 5 cm, 128 counters
DPS3027 128 piece set $50 (inc. GST)
Bug Counters
Twelve Bugs: ant, caterpillar, cockroach, lady-bird,
dragon fly, fly, locust, rhinoceros beetle, scorpion and
stag beetle.
Six colours: red, orange,
yellow, green, blue, and
purple.
Approx. 6 cm, 72 counters.
DPS3026 72 piece set $44 (inc. GST)
Backpack Bear Counters
These are quite a sophisticated counters as the
bears are weight related (4g, 8g and 12g).
The bears come in three sizes and six colour: red,
orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. In addition to
counting them and classifying with them they may
be used on a balance scale for informal measuring
activities.
DPS3024 96 piece set $44 (inc. GST)