Our children have gone crazy over numbers since we introduced number sacks, says Maureen Baker, head teacher at Children's House Nursery School, Edinburgh Numeracy is one of the priorities in our nursery development plan and, since launching our number bags at a special number day, we've noticed that the children have started to use a lot more number in their play.
Staff and parents have also become more aware of introducing number ideas into nursery and home routines - parents have told us that even washing-up is less of a chore when counting plates with their children. Our number bags were inspired by story sacks and we've now got 40 different bags.
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