🏗️ Part 1: Count the Towers

Adult prompt: Touch each block and count slowly. Write the number.

1. Count each tower. Write the number. Trace the numeral if you need help.

■ Number: ______ Trace: 1 1 1

■ ■ Number: ______ Trace: 2 2 2

■ ■ ■ Number: ______ Trace: 3 3 3

■ ■ ■ ■ Number: ______ Trace: 4 4 4

■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Number: ______ Trace: 5 5 5

2. Count each tower. Write the number.

■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Number: ______

■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Number: ______

■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Number: ______

■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Number: ______

■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Number: ______

🔢 Part 2: Match and Change Towers

Adult prompt: Count the blocks. Say the number sentence aloud.

3. Draw a line to match each numeral to its tower.

2

5

8

10

■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

■ ■

■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

■ ■ ■ ■ ■

4. Build it, add some. How many now? Write the ending number.

a) Build 3 blocks. Add 2 blocks. How many now? ______

3 + 2 = ______

b) Build 5 blocks. Add 4 blocks. How many now? ______

5 + 4 = ______

5. Take some away. How many are left? Write the ending number.

a) Build 8 blocks. Take away 3 blocks. How many are left? ______

8 − 3 = ______

b) Build 10 blocks. Take away 6 blocks. How many are left? ______

10 − 6 = ______

✏️ Part 3: Make Your Own Tower

Adult prompt: Ask the learner to build a tower, change it, and tell you the ending number.

6. Draw your starting tower.

Starting number: ______

I added / took away: ______

Ending number: ______

Adult Note and Answer Key

Encourage one-to-one counting, clear numeral formation, and number language such as “How many altogether?” and “How many are left?”

Curriculum links: NZ-TMA-MATHEMATIC-Y0-10-number-025-DOC167; NZ-TMA-MATHEMATIC-Y0-10-number-007-DOC167; NZ-TMA-MATHEMATIC-Y0-10-number-059-DOC167.

Answers: 1. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 2. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. 3. 2 → ■ ■; 5 → ■ ■ ■ ■ ■; 8 → ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■; 10 → ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■. 4. a) 5, b) 9. 5. a) 5, b) 4. 6. Answers will vary; check that the ending number matches the tower.