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@Chris-laurie by using unifix cubes/connecting cubes/snap cubes (whatever the popular name is for them in your neck of the woods) students can build a concrete number line just like you’ve suggested.
Cathy Fosnot suggests doing colouring in units of 5 to start so it is easier to “visualize”… but allowing them to come up with their own colouring scheme could be a good experience as well!