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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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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



Numbers and quantities

Cards for developing early calculation skills

Emilia Annunziata, Grazia D’Acierno


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.

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THE BOX CONTENTS

200 cards:

Hand cards (4 decks)

Object cards (12 decks)

Dot cards (6 decks)

Tower cards (8 decks)

Hole cards (1 deck)

5+5 pattern cards

Ten-frame tower, hole and hand cards (15 cards)

TEACHING OBJECTIVES:

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

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THE AUTHORS

Emilia Annunziata qualified as a Speech and Language Therapist in 2004 and specialises in working with children and young people. Her work focuses on initial assessments and the rehabilitation of speech, language and learning difficulties, as well as hearing loss.

Grazia D’Acierno qualified as a Speech and Language Therapist in 2008 and specialises in working with children and young people. She has been working at the Ripamonti Centre since 2010, where she supports children with speech, language and learning difficulties.