Product Development

‘Making sense of NumberSense’! Prompts, strategies and solutions for Grade R

NumberSense teaching and learning materials for Grade R will comprise the following:

• ‘What do you notice?’ Posters:
  • A set of 40 posters for Term 1 (R1)
  • A set of 40 posters for Term 2 (R2)
  • A set of 40 posters for Term 3 and 4 (R3 and R4)
• Grade R Activity Cards for R1,2,3,4
• NumberSense Comprehensive Workbook R3 (updated Workbook 00)
• NumberSense Comprehensive Workbook R4 (updated Workbook 0)
• Teacher Guides:
  • Teacher Guide for ‘What do you notice?’ posters (R1,2,3,4)
  • Teacher Guide for Concrete Activity Ideas and Activity Cards for R1,2,3 and 4
  • Teacher Guide for Workbook R3
  • Teacher Guide for Workbook R4

Download the sample ‘What do you notice?’ posters* and Teacher Guide drafts below. Please note that as we develop these during the first half of 2026, we will make sample pages for each term available.

• Sample resources: Released for Term 3 while development is still in progress.
• Teacher Guide & associated resources detail and pricing ready by: July 2026
• Final versions estimated by: October 2026

Mail [email protected] for further information on this development.

* We would like to offer Grade R teachers the opportunity to download and try out a full draft version of our Term 1 posters. Please click here to request access to the full set of posters.

Grade R draft 'What do you notice?' posters*

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Grade R draft Teacher Guide (Term 1)

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Grade R draft Teacher Guide (Term 2)

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Grade R draft Teacher Guide (Term 4)

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‘Making sense of NumberSense’! Prompts, strategies and solutions for the Grades 1-3 Workbooks

Download the sample Teacher Guide drafts below. Please note that as we develop these during the first half of 2026, we will make sample pages for each term available.

• Sample resources: Released for Term 3 while development is still in progress.
• Teacher Guide detail and pricing ready by: July 2026
• Final versions estimated by: October 2026

Mail [email protected] for further information on this development.

Grade 1 draft Teacher Guide (Workbook 2)

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Grade 2 draft Teacher Guide (Workbook 6)

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Grade 3 draft Teacher Guide (Workbook 10)

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‘Making sense of NumberSense’! Prompts, strategies and solutions for the Grades 4-6 Workbooks

Download the sample Teacher Guide drafts below. Please note that as we develop these during the first half of 2026, we will make sample pages for each term available.

• Sample resources: Released for Term 3 while development is still in progress.
• Teacher Guide detail and pricing ready by: July 2026
• Final versions estimated by: October 2026

Mail [email protected] for further information on this development.

Grade 4 draft Teacher Guide (Workbook 14)

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Grade 5 draft Teacher Guide (Workbook 18)

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Grade 6 draft Teacher Guide (Workbook 22)

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‘Making sense of NumberSense’! Prompts, strategies and solutions for the Grade 7 Workbooks

Please note that as we develop these during the first half of 2027, we will make sample pages for each section per term available.

• Final versions estimated by: Latter part of 2027 (draft versions will be available during development).

Mail [email protected] for further information on this development.

NumberSense Mental Arithmetic Learner Booklets 4-24

These booklets contain suggested activities aligned to the corresponding NumberSense Workbook. The teacher has the flexibility to use the mental arithmetic items from previous mental arithmetic booklets. Each booklet contains 48 tasks. Within each task, questions are grouped in sets which are designed to reveal a pattern that supports the application of the foundational skills.

The NumberSense Mental Arithmetic Learner Booklets for Booklets 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 17 and 21 are ready and can be acquired here! 

Final version estimated by:

• Booklets 8 and 12 by October 2026
• Booklets 14, 15, 16, 18, 19 , 20, 22, 23, 24 by October 2026

Mail [email protected] for further information on this development.