Day 24 — Find it on the path | Foundation Maths · T1 W5–6

25 minutes · AC9MFN01 (name, represent and order 0–20), AC9MFN03 (count to verify); partial practice · educator review pending

Success: The child links a numeral to a collection and its place in the 0–20 order, including zero and a teen number.

Prepare per pair: equal-sized cards 0–20, number path, two ten-frames and 20 counters. A printable path is in the Weeks 3–4 visual aid; plain text is in print-aids.md.

Retrieve, 3 min. Show an empty mat, eight counters and a full ten-frame. Ask for 0, 8 and 10; accept demonstration rather than spoken English.
Model, 6 min. Build 17 as a checked ten and seven. Place whole numeral 17 on the path between 16 and 18. Say, “The card names all seventeen objects, not just the seven in the second frame.” Count all to confirm.
Guided game, 9 min. Partner A draws 11, 15 or 20 and builds it. Partner B finds its path place, removes a neighbouring card and asks which is missing. Swap. Variants: numbered museum shelves, bus-stop markers or a garden row. A smaller route uses 0–10.
Fresh try, 4 min. Mix 16, 18, 17, 19, 20. Ask for order. Then show 12 objects and ask for its numeral from 11/12/13.
Check, 3 min. Hide 19 from the 16–20 path. “What is missing, and what is just after it?” Key: order 16, 17, 18, 19, 20; 12 objects match 12; missing 19, after it 20.

If the child uses the last digit alone: Pair the whole numeral with its checked collection, cover the final digit and reveal the whole card again. If the full path is overwhelming, expose only three to six neighbouring positions and expand after success.

Access and record: Large/tactile whole-numeral labels, raised position markers, spoken path or partner placement under direction are available. Record numeral–quantity links, order, missing-number explanation, range and cue level.