Number sense is not memorising a sequence of names of numbers and reciting them, like a nursery rhyme and it’s not memorising facts such as one plus four equals five.
Number sense is a complex understanding of the meaning of a number. Let's think about the number five. Five has character qualities like a person has personality. What do we know about "five-ness"?
The way we learn about five is by spending time with five, like a friend. We must see five in a variety of situations before we realise all of the wonderful characteristics that five has.
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