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Lesson 18: Grobby learns about number 9Through appropriately playful learning experiences, children should be able to develop an awareness that the purpose of counting is to quantify and be able to use a range of counting strategies for a variety of purposes.TasksLearning outcomes%u2022 We are learning to identify the set of 9%u2022 We are learning to count 9 items%u2022 We are learning to skip count in 3s%u2022 We are learning to write the number 9ProcedurePut the children in pairs and ask them to make a stack of 9 bricks. Ask various children to hold up their stack of 9 bricks and say what their colours are e.g. my 9 are 2 orange, 2 green, 2 yellow, 1 dark blue, 1 red and 1 light blue etc.Ask the children to look around the room with their maths eyes, to find things that there are just 9 of e.g. there are 9 paintings on the ceiling. There are 9 tiles in a row. There are 9 boys in our class.Play with the bricks%u2022 How many ways can you build a 9-brick tower?%u2022 Who can build the fastest 9-brick tower, end on end or side on side?%u2022 How many ways can you connect your 9 bricks?1. Trace over the large 9 with your finger, starting at the dot2. Trace over the 9s. Finish out each row to the end.3. Draw and colour 9 bricks in the boxRhyme timeTake six Grobby bricks and stand them in a lineIf you add three more, then that makes nine.Nine Grobby bricks now standing in a line,Count them, skipping three, six, nine.Nine coloured bricks still standing in a line,Three, six, nine%u2026%u2026.. and they%u2019re all mine!38