Concept of Zero

Materials
none

Presentation

• Invite a small group of children to come and play this game.
• Ask one child, “Jump 5 times.”
• Have the group whisper 8, eight times.
• Have another child do another action a certain amount of time.
• Ask a child to do something zero times.
• “Why didn’t you do anything?”
• Discuss the concept of zero.

As the children carry out the activity, encourage them to count out the number as they are doing the action.
                       
Give each child a chance to carry out an activity as well as a chance to do so something zero times

Purpose

Direct
To reinforce the concept of zero.

Control of Error
The child’s own knowledge.

Age
4 years onwards (after work with the spindle boxes)

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