{"product_id":"school-friendly-playing-cards-shapes-and-subitising-patterns","title":"School Friendly Playing Cards Shapes and Subitising Patterns","description":"\u003ch2\u003eNo kings, no queens - just 0 to 13 in four shapes\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlaying cards redesigned for classrooms. Face cards replaced with 0, 11, 12 and 13. Suits replaced with triangles, rectangles, squares and circles, arranged in subitising patterns. 6 x 9cm. Green backs only. $9.30.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA standard deck is a poor maths resource for young children for two boring reasons: the face cards have no numerical value, and the pips are scattered rather than grouped. This deck fixes both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e0 to 13 in every suit\u003c\/strong\u003e means every card is a number, so a whole deck can be used for ordering, comparing, adding and place value without pulling cards out first. It also gives you a zero, which a standard deck simply does not have.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShapes instead of suits\u003c\/strong\u003e - triangle, rectangle, square, circle - so sorting by suit is also sorting by shape, and children who do not yet know a club from a spade are not slowed down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSubitising patterns are the real feature.\u003c\/strong\u003e The shapes are arranged in the standard groupings, so a child recognises \"six\" from the pattern without counting one by one. That instant recognition is a foundation of number sense, and a scattered pip layout works against it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGreen backs only\u003c\/strong\u003e - the supplier does not offer other colours, so a second deck will not be distinguishable by its back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne thing our supplier does not state:\u003c\/strong\u003e the number of cards in this deck. Edx Education's 8-deck version of the same design is 56 cards per deck, which is what 0 to 13 in four suits comes to. We expect 56 here, but the supplier has not confirmed it, so treat it as expected rather than certain. Ask us and we will check before you order a class set.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elizabeth Richards","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53793138835819,"sku":"EVPSB527","price":9.3,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0963\/2795\/8891\/files\/ERPSSFPC.png?v=1788361083","url":"https:\/\/megaofficesupplies.com.au\/products\/school-friendly-playing-cards-shapes-and-subitising-patterns","provider":"Mega Office Supplies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}