1. Numeracy and Mathematics What can I do to help my child? Eaglesham Primary School Curriculum Evening 5.9.12 Presentation to Parents by A. Livingstone, DHT

2. What can I do to help my child? Number Facts Modern Methods Maths in Context

3. Number facts My life in numbers Sequencing Numbers Zero

4. Number Facts: Addition and Subtraction Number Stories 3+4=74+3=77-4=37-3=4 3 apples + 4 apples 3 hundreds + 4 hundreds 3 millions + 4 millions 13+4 23+4 103+4

5. Number Facts: Multiplication and Division Multiplication Tables 2x6 6x2 12÷6 12÷2 2x60 2x600 120 1200 Fractions

6. Modern Methods Common Language and Methodology for Teaching Numeracy Calculations + add - subtract x multiply -: divide -4 negative 4 8-(-4) Carrying figures

7. Maths in Context Money Time Games

8. Money Children handling real money Shopping Imaginative Play

9. Time Refer to clocks Children using clocks Passage of time

10. Games Jigsaws – shape, pattern, colour, detail, visual perception Board Games – dice, counters and counting, game play, planning, youngest starts, clockwise, winners and losers

11. Scrabble Spelling? Creative vocabulary? Count to 7 Strategic Thinking Addition Multiplication of doubles and triples Keeping the score

12. A child can learn without playing, but cannot play without learning.