He pekepeke te āhua o tēnei momo tatau, kāore e tatauria ngā tau katoa, engari he ōrite te tawhiti o ia peke. Mēnā e rua te rahi o ia peke, ko te tatau mawhiti-rua tērā. Mēnā ko te rima te rahi o ia peke, ko te tatau mawhiti-rima. Ko te tatau māwhitiwhiti tētahi āhuatanga matua hei whakatutuki mā te ākonga i roto i tana ako i te mātauranga tau.
Counting is done in jumps - all numbers are not counted, but the distance of each jump is kept constant. Jumping two will result in skip counting in two’s. Jumping five will be skip counting in fives. The ability to skip count is a key aspect of children’s learning in number.
tatau - count
mawhiti - leap, skip
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Kia mawhiti-rua te tatau.
He aha te māwhitiwhiti o te tatau a Hinewai?
Tatau mawhiti-rua whakamuri, mai i te 20 ki te 0.