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Content Area Content Clarification / Notes / Activities / Examples Recommended ResourcesContinuedStory sums that involvenumber 6• Use counters and orally solve problems that involve the number6ApproximateDuration1 daySuggested FormalAssessmentCount everyday objects up to 6.Count forwards and backwards up to 6.Number songs and rhymesAdditionSubtractionReinforce the concepts of many and few.Clap your hands many times…STOP.Clap your hands fewer times. The teacher claps her hands up to 6 times.Examples:1. Mpho has 4 cookies. Peter gives him 2 more. How manycookies does Mpho have altogether?2. Beauty has 3 dolls and Martha has 2 dolls. Who has moredolls? How many more dolls does Beauty have than Martha?3. There are 5 birds on the fence. 2 fly away. How many birds areleft?4. Patrick has 6 toy cars. Tiny has 4. How many toy cars does Tinyhave less than Patrick?CountersMake use of a variety of resources to give you ideasof how to apply different stategies.Space and ShapeColour• Introduce the colour brown1 day(compare and sort)KinaestheticLet’s play a game:‣ Tippy, tippy touch, touch the colour e.g. red. Let learnersidentify all the colours learnt up to now.Let the learners:‣ Recognise and identify the colour brown in learners’ clothing.‣ Recognise and identify objects in the classroom which arebrown.‣ Recognise and identify objects in the environment which arebrown.‣ Recognise and identify the colour brown in pictures.‣ Without seeing the article, name an article in your house that isbrown. Describe it.‣ Develop the colour brown by mixing green and red.‣ Apply the mixing of colours during creative art.‣ Develop knowledge of colours by providing card games thatinvolve colours.Objects that are brown in the classroom andenvironment.Pictures with brown in them.A variety of card games available on the market.55 | P age