Subitize


 * Subitize **

It is important for students to be able to subitize, or recognize patterned sets. The ability to subitize helps students begin to recognize patterns and relationships between numbers. Teachers can foster this skill by providing activities in which students use domino patterns, "dot plates," or five-wise and ten-wise patterns. These are shown to the students for a few moments before being shielded. The students must quickly identify the numbers they saw in the patterns.


 * Example **

I would expect that a student who saw the image of the domino, as depicted above, for a brief moment before it was shielded, would be able to recall that there are 6 dots on the domino face. The student would eventually make the connection that the number 6 is made up of the parts 4 and 2. This idea helps the student develop facility with basic facts. Click here to return to the Top Ten Early Numeracy Skills.
 * [[image:domino.png width="40" height="85"]]

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