1. Let’s count! Friday 10th February 2017

2. Let’s Count! Purpose of today’s session
To explain what elements of Maths are taught in the Nursery
To share strategies and activities used to teach Maths in the Nursery
To know the expectations in Maths for your child by the end of the year
To know how you can support your child with their Maths learning
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3. Who liked Maths at school? What memories do you have of Maths at school? As Mathematicians we: Count, estimate, add and subtract, sequence and order, measure, find patterns and solve problems
Maths is one subject that evokes many different emotions in people

4. What do we want for our children?
As Mathematicians
Children who see themselves as Mathematicians
Competent counters
Confident to use and apply Mathematical language
Confident to take risks with numbers
Happy to try and solve problems themselves
Ready to try again when something is hard

5. What is expected by the end of Nursery?
Number

6. Show an interest in numerals in the environment

7. Uses some number names and number language accurately in play

8. Accurately count a set of objects

9. Recites numbers in order to 10

10. Matches numeral and quantity correctly (1-10)

11. Begins to represent numbers by marks, fingers or numerals

12. Separate a group of objects in different ways and recognise the total is the same

13. Find the total number of objects in 2 groups by counting all of them

14. What is expected by the end of Nursery?
Shape, Space and Measure

15. Show an interest in shapes in the environment Begin to talk about the shapes of everyday objects

16. Show an interest in shape through construction activities or making arrangements

17. Use shapes appropriately for tasks and begin to use some shape names

18. Use positional language

19. Begin to use some measurement vocabulary

20. How do we approach teaching Maths in Nursery?
Daily play-based Maths activities
Indoor and outdoor learning opportunities
Mathematical language and numerals displayed
Adults model mathematical language used in all learning
Weekly focus teaching activities
Weekly focus group session
purposefully in the environment
Opportunities for daily counting

21. What can parents help their child to do?
1. Ensure your child can chant numbers confidently to at least Accurately count small groups of objects 3. Find the total of 2 groups of objects by counting all of them 4. Use some mathematical language accurately 5. Match, sort and name flat shapes 6. Know and use some positional language 7. Copy simple patterns

22. How can you support your child’s Mathematical development?
Take every opportunity to count, chanting and counting accurately – counting stairs to bed, fruit into the bowl, cups for the dinner table, counting skips or throws of a ball (0-10)
Cook with your child and involve them in weighing, measuring, counting
Use Mathematical language freely in everyday talk – big/small, longer/shorter, heavy/light
Talk about numbers in the environment – bus numbers, door numbers, prices in shops
Play simple dice games together or as a family – work on taking turns and sharing
Share Number rhymes/stories together – 1,2,3,4,5 once I caught a fish alive, 3 Little Pigs
Involve children in real Maths when out and about - paying for something in the shops
Name shapes of cookie cutters, cut sandwiches into different shapes
Make fruit kebabs using colours to create a pattern
Use routines and household jobs to practise mathematical skills – filling & emptying containers in the bath, sort washing into piles