Mathematics
Gain insight into how to support children to understand maths in context and expose children to mathematical language through day to day life.
Latest mathematics articles...
In Young Minds Big Maths, university mathematicians and early years educators collaborate to explore mathematics. We discuss how the project led us to create a booklet to help educators discover maths through play in their settings. The booklet uses real-life examples of ramp play—something children love—to show how building and experimenting with ramps reveals rich mathematical ideas.
Tuff trays have become large scale worksheets. They risk stifling children's creativity and encourage the unethical use of food in play. Shardi Vaziri critically discusses tuff trays specifically in relation to maths, which is the area of learning most prone to setting up tuff trays as large-scale worksheets.
