Numbers and Quantities

Cards for developing early calculation skills

Emilia Annunziata, Grazia D’Acierno, Centro Ripamonti ONLUS

Product: Teaching tools

Trim size in cm: 15 x 12 x 4 cm

ISBN: 9788859050421

Publication date: 01/09/2026

Suitable for: Nursery 1st Level (ages 3-4), Nursery 2nd Level (ages 4-5), Primary 1st level (ages 6-7), Primary 2nd level (ages 8-10)

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Abstract
Contents

A set of cards designed to strengthen the understanding of quantity, a fundamental prerequisite for learning calculation skills. The different visual representations of quantities—shown as hands, dots, objects and block towers—help children develop effective quantification strategies by making use of their innate ability to recognise small quantities at a glance.

TEACHING OBJECTIVES:

Develop subitising skills and quantification strategies;
Strengthen the foundational skills required for learning calculation.

• 4 decks of hand cards
• 6 decks of dot cards
• 12 decks of object cards
• 8 decks of tower cards
• 1 deck of hole cards
• 5 + 5 pattern cards
• 5 ten-frame tower cards
• 5 ten-frame hole cards
• 5 ten-frame hand cards

Thematic Areas

Disability and autism > Intellectual disabilities
Mathematics > Numbers and calculation
Disability and autism > Communication and relationships
Mathematics
Disability and autism