5 Tips for Using a Number Line at Key Stage 1

Have you ever wondered how a number line can be used in different ways to support children to explore and reason with numbers? What other uses are there other than being used as a counting tool? 

In this podcast, the NCETM’s Director for Primary, Debbie Morgan, explores using number lines in Key Stage 1.

In the podcast episode, Debbie suggested five different ways teachers might use number lines to reason about the location of numbers within the linear number system.

Click the link below to read the full NCETM article outlining how the number line can be used in these different ways.