1. Building Blocks Teaching and Learning Maths at Grove Road

2. Aims Workshop 1 objectives: To understand that maths is all around us
To further understanding of teaching and learning maths
To develop strategies to support your child with maths at home

3. What is Maths?
Children learn to solve problems and develop an awareness of numbers, counting, calculating, shape, space and measure.

4. How do we deliver this at Grove Road?
Carpet session each day linked to Maths (practical / engaging)
Cross-curricular table top activities and outdoor
Lots of talking (mathematical language)
Problem solving / self-discovery
Using manipulatives
Asking questions (reasoning)
Real-life learning
‘I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.’
(A Chinese proverb)

5. Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum
Number
Representation of numbers as value
Need to reliably count and order numbers to 20
Need to be able to say numbers before or after each
1st, 2nd, 3rd
Addition and subtraction
Need to be able to work out 1 less, 1 more than any given number
Need to be able to add or subtract using single digit numbers
Sharing
Need to be able to solve problems around sharing (division)
Need to be able to solve problems around doubling and halving
Additional to prepare for Year 1 – count in 2s, 5s and 10s

7. Understand the Value of Numbers10

8. Early Stages of + and -

9. Same Problem Different Method

10. Hundred Square / Number line- +
+ 10

11. Doubling and Sharing
We made 9 delicious cakes that had to be shared between Frank, Molly and Sally. They each had the same amount of cakes. How many cakes did Frank have?

12. Shape and Measure Use everyday language to talk about: size weight
capacity
position
distance
time
money
patterns
Explore the characteristics of everyday objects and shapes.
Use mathematical language to describe objects and shapes.

13. What shapes can you see?

14. Measure

15. Shape

16. At home Out shopping – money, prices, change Count the stairs to bed
Talk about times of the day (routine) wash, dress, breakfast etc.
Setting places at the table – a cup for me, a cup for you
Playing with water – full, half-full
Steering the pram – direction
Helping to sort the washing, matching socks, big shirt / small shirt
Matching lids to saucepans
Cooking
Number rhymes / books
Planting (time)

17. Questions