1. Welcome to Early Mathematical Development2 8 5 6
Welcome to Early Mathematical Development 10 4 3 9 1 7
Nicola: Thankyou for coming
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2. What we will be covering
Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum in relation to Maths
How Maths should be taught to young children
Maths according to ages
Mathematical Language
Activity Ideas
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3. Remember! Children develop at their own rates and in their own ways.
The statements in the EYFS are used as a guide and have overlapping age bands to allow children to develop at their own pace.
Remember all children are individuals and will learn differently.
Nicola: Read from slide
*Don’t worry if their best friend is way ahead as they are all different

4. What is Mathematics to young children?
Mathematics involves providing children with opportunities to develop and improve their skills in:
Counting
Understanding and using numbers
Calculating simple addition and subtraction problems
To describe shape, space and measure.
Laura: Read from slide

5. How should it be taught? Make it FUN!
Modelling mathematical language during play
Emphasise and highlight the Mathematical language and terms they use.
Extend problems
Making use of the environment
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Nicola:
Read from slide
And 3. - Modelling language such as naming shapes, comparing sizes and counting will help children to use and understand mathematical language. For example, if a child has built a tower and they say “ I have built a big tower,” You could first of all praise their achievement and they say “now can you make your tower even bigger?”
Laura:
4. Extend problems for example during play in the home corner, if a child says have 2 cakes ask if they can add one more to their baking tray or ask how many cakes are you baking?.
For more advanced children you could do grouping activities, recently we have had aliens in Pre-School that needed to go to their home planets, children had to make sure there were the same amount of aliens on each planet. We moved children by added more aliens and more planets.
5. Making use of the environment, bus stops, supermarkets, houses, signs, church, road markings, in the house – shape of the clock, how many steps, sorting toys

6. Mathematics in the EYFS
There are 2 aspects within Mathematics within the EYFS:
Numbers
Shape, Space and Measure
Each area of development is divided up into age bands, giving us an idea of what children should be learning and developing according to their age.
Nicola: read from slide
Numbers: Counting, recognising numbers, matching numbers, estimating these are a few examples.
Naming Shapes, size, capacity and using positional language such as in, on under,

7. Very Early Maths 16-26 months and 22-36 months
Filling and emptying containers
Peg Puzzles and Jigsaw puzzles
Beginning to count or use counting words
Sorting and Categorising
Beginning to use words relating to size
Laura: Read form slide

8. Goldilocks and the Three Bears
This story is ideal for young children especially for size and counting. The story repeatedly mentions size such as a big and small, giving children lots of opportunity to develop these concepts.

9. Early Maths 30-50 months Counting in sequence
Recognising numbers and shapes in the environment
Using positional language
Using shapes in play
Using language such as more, less, round, behind
Nicola Read from slide

10. Math’s Environment Bingo
Make a game of Bingo using numbers/shapes on everyday objects to maths/print in the environment.

11. More advanced Maths 40-60 months Recognising numbers
Records using marks
Ordinal Numbers
Simple addition and subtraction
Estimation
Counting beyond 10
Ordering by size
Using language related to capacity, height and weight
Recognised advanced shapes, including 2D and 3D.
Symmetry and Pattern
Laura: read from slide

12. Sandwich Making
Children could make their own sandwich, when doing this you could create a recipe sheet.
This could encourage children to recognise numbers for example 3 slices of cucumber (what shape is the cucumber?)
You can introduce language relating to fractions such as can you cut your sandwich in half?

13. Early Learning Goal
All mentioned help to achieve the Early Learning Goal, that is assessed at the end of reception.
Some aspects mentioned in the early learning goal are:
Counting reliably from 1-20
Placing numbers in order
Solving problems such as doubling, halving and sharing.
Adding and subtracting two single digit numbers using pictures and objects.
An important thing to remember is that the EYFS continues as they move into reception class so do not worry if they are not meeting the goals at the end of Pre-School.
Nicola- Read from slide

14. Mathematical Language Word Bank
Very Early
Early
More advanced
Big
Little
Full
Empty
Square
Circle
Triangle
Lots
Numbers
More
Same
Bigger
Longer
Shorter
Heavy
Light
Inside On
Round
Tall
Less
Longest
Shortest
Biggest
Heavier
Lighter
Half Full
Half
Quarter
Behind
In front
All together
Add
Take away
Laura – Read from slide and explain words –
Remember these words can used even when you don’t realise.

15. Activity Ideas Songs and Rhymes that include numbers
Games using numbers or shapes
Making buildings or constructing using pictures and shapes
Stories with numbers in or opportunities to count
Peg puzzles and jigsaw puzzles
Sand and Water
Sorting – Toys, colours, size
Painting Butterflies Symmetry
Matching Games
Cooking
Laura:
Water Play: You can lots of mathematical language and thinking during water play.
-Filling and emptying containers
-Capacity – remember the words – Full, empty, half full or half empty
-Estimation e.g. how many small cups does it take to fill the large jug
-Weight: which cup is heavier?
-adding numbers in the water
-Counting
Nicola:
Construction or Making pictures using shapes
-using pictures of actual building to look for shapes, then find the same shapes in the blocks and even try and recreate the building in the picture
-Name 2D and 3D shapes
-Language related to size, Who has the biggest tower? Can you add a small block? Whose tower is tall? Are you taller or shorter than your tower?
-Describe shapes, flat, long, round
-use positional language, put this block on top, under, at the side, behind
Stories:
There can be lots of mathematical opportunities in stories.
-The very hungry caterpillar has opportunity for children to count and for more advanced learning, you can introduce them to the concept of the caterpillar eating one more thing each day.
-Nine ducks nice, again has opportunity to count and this introduced the concept of taking away.
-Another story count to 10 with Mouse, has numbers on the page and opportunities to count up to 10.
Sorting –
-Children can do this without realising for example, when tidying up – Put all of the blocks in this box and cars in this box
-Sorting into groups, colours, sorting by size
-Have a farm, make fields and then encourage them to put all of the cows in one field, sheep in another etc.

16. Test Time!
What is…
2x – 3y + 4x?
Nicola: TEST TIME!! ……..Only joking!

17. Do you have any questions?
Thankyou!
Remember to make it fun!
Do you have any questions?
Thankyou for coming!
Laura: Remember to make it fun!
Nicola: Any questions? ……..THANKYOU for coming!