Page 3 - Numeracy Skills

INTRODUCTION

Welcome to ‘Numeracy Skills Development with Six Bricks’.

Six Bricks is a concept designed to excite and motivate children in the classroom to attain the
skills, knowledge and attitudes necessary for success in later life. To help the formation of a
young learner’s brain, developmentally appropriate early experiences and relationships are vital.
In order to grasp concepts, children must be given time to manipulate concrete tools. They need
opportunities to use their whole body to explore and aid their development of ideas, curiosity and
imagination.

The Six Bricks activities are short, simple exercises or games designed to wake up the brain
and get the child moving, thinking and remembering. They are not intended to be a standalone
curriculum, but they do support many areas of development in the existing curriculum.

Every child has a set of six 8 stud bricks, one of each colour, on his/her desk or readily available
throughout each school day. The teacher can then easily facilitate any activity at any time.
Repetition brings about better organisation of the brain and the secret of the success of these
activities lies in their regular repetition which will enable children to consolidate new knowledge.

In play, children develop their most important basic brain function - the ability to control their own
behaviour to reach a goal. The Six Bricks activities in this book give plenty of opportunity for the
child to practise and improve self-control, which is fundamental to all other learning in life. In this
book, you will find Six Bricks activities to develop many skills in the young child.

Six Bricks include activities which:
• are open-ended
• will allow the child to create something
• will provide an opportunity for the child to co-operate with others, whilst keeping a sense of self
• the teacher can scale up or down, according to the level of the child
• will be fun, inspire laughter and a love of learning

“Children want the same things we want: To laugh, to be challenged,
to be entertained and delighted.”
Dr Seuss

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