Friends of Ten vs Pip and Tim Stage 1 Usage & Stats

Little Monkey Apps Friends of Ten is an activity to be used in the early years of schooling to introduce an early understanding of numbers to ten, counting objects to ten, subitising - recognising a collection of objects without counting them, counting on from a higher number, partitioning of objects and the combinations that make ten 8+2, 2+8, 1+9, 3+7 etc. These skills underpin mental addition and subtraction. The importance of recalling number combinations that make ten are that students use strategies for addition, that is, knowing that 7+3 is the same as 8+2. This introduces the idea of patterns and compensation (one up, one down). These activities develop the concept that addition and subtraction are linked. Little Monkey Apps Friends of Ten can be used in the traditional classroom to collaborate with a small group or used by individual learners. For both types of users, a written record such as poster or chart collating knowledge of what was said previously allows revisiting and adding to knowledge. Little Monkey Apps Friends of Ten is designed to encourage verbal communication about discoveries and build upon previous knowledge. Little Monkey Apps Friends of Ten tasks are often best utilised through the Threading technique. That is the task is to be used 2 or 3 times a week for a few minutes each time over a period of time. The student(s) are therefore familiar with the structure of the activity but the challenge is new each time. This technique allows students to construct their own learning. The App is broken up into a number of sections. A teaching module and independent tasks to reinforce skills. =Tens Frame= Teaching module - a blank form with counters to be used with teacher interaction =Show me= Independent or collaborative task to create a given number on the Tens frame =How many?= Independent or collaborative count, recognise and move counters to make it easier to count. =Friends of Ten= Independent or collaborative =How many less?= Independent or collaborative =How many more?= Independent or collaborative Recognising and Making Numbers Initially students will demonstrate an understanding of numbers to ten by arranging counters or objects a 'Tens frame.' Use the Tens frame section to do this. Some students will commence counting from 0 when they place the counters on the frame. Some may arrange the counters haphazardly whilst others will arrange the counters on the top row or in 'partners'.

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Pip and Tim Stage 1

Little Learners Love Literacy® is a sequenced phonics reading program to give children confidence and success. Letters and sounds are introduced in stages. Each stage has 5 beautifully illustrated books with real stories about Tim and Pip and their adventures. The Little Learners Apps are enhanced with professionally recorded and produced audio. Each story can be read aloud, and most importantly, the words are highlighted as they are read. In addition, children can tap a word which is then highlighted and spoken. The audio can be turned off from the book home screen. They are Australia’s favourite learn-to-read books. Created by reading experts and based on best practice teaching, the lively stories and sequenced progression will ensure children learn to read. Little Learners Love Literacy® is perfect for home or in the classroom. Evidence-based research has shown that the explicit teaching of phonics is the most effective way of teaching children to read. Learning to read is too important not to use these Little Leaners Love Literacy books. Once children know 8 sounds, they can blend these together to start reading our first 5 books in Stage One. Each book has a fun story about Tim and Pip and their adventures. Children become engaged with the characters, their family, friends and pets. This app is true to the books and focuses on learning-to-read in a modern and enjoyable way with audio support: • child reads the sounds and Heart Words (high frequency words that cannot be sounded out at this stage) • or tap each sound to hear it pronounced • child reads the story using ‘sounding out’ as their first strategy •tap on a word to hear it being read Hints and Tips: Each book provides vocabulary and comprehension questions. Encourage children to run their fingers under each word as they read All words, except for Heart Words, in these books can be ‘sounded out’. To do this, children point to each letter or digraph, saying the sounds and then blending the sounds together to read the word. Little Learners Love Literacy Stage 1 • Sam, Pip, Tim • I am Tim • My cat Tip • The map • Sam is it! Children can read these books once they know the letters and sounds for m, s, f, a, p, t, c, i. The books are decodable with some Heart words – the The My my I. Heart words are words that children need to learn by heart as they cannot ‘decode or sound out” at this stage. There are NO tricks in our Little Learner books. The books are enhanced with audio – tap on a word to have it read aloud.