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This article describes how one nursery setting focused on tidying up time as a context in which to explicitly target the development of number and calculation skills.
This article explores the importance of pattern awareness with young children.
Resources used during CPD sessions at Gillingham St Michael's Primary School, near Beccles.
Resources to accompany the Being Resilience collections.
This article suggests how to dig deeper into who answers questions in your classroom using the game Dotty Six.
It began in Devon in 2008. The Maths Team was keen to raise the profile of mathematics investigations and further promote mathematical thinking and problem solving in primary classes. Liz was invited to Devon to launch ‘Enriching Mathematics’ with a group of 25 teachers.
This is the second part of an article describing the ‘Enriching Mathematics’ project in Devon in 2008-9. The participating teachers describe NRICH activities they have tried with their learners.
This article for teachers discusses examples of problems in which there is no obvious method but in which children can be encouraged to think deeply about the context and extend their ability to think mathematically, especially geometrically.
This article for teachers looks at how teachers can use problems from the NRICH site to help them teach division.
In this article for teachers, Bernard Bagnall describes how to find digital roots and suggests that they can be worth exploring when confronted by a sequence of numbers.
The second in a series, this article looks at the possible opportunities for children who operate from different intelligences to be involved in "typical" maths problems.
These games devised by Jenni Way use dot cards which will help children see the structure of numbers 1-6 and give them confidence as they begin to add and subtract these numbers.
This article for teachers describes a project which explores the power of storytelling to convey concepts and ideas to children.
This article is one parent's story describing his young son's exploration, and growing understanding, of infinity.
An article describing activities which will help develop young children's concept of fractions.
This article explores the basic foundations of number sense and outlines relevant research in this area.
In this article, Dr Sue Gifford outlines how we can create positive attitudes and higher achievement in mathematics, starting in the Early Years.
This article for primary teachers suggests ways in which to help children become better at working systematically.
Ideas to support mathematics teachers who are committed to nurturing confident, resourceful and enthusiastic learners.