A course for Reception to Year 3 teachers and mathematics subject leaders

We need to provide young children with a range of practical experiences and visual models to help them develop an understanding of cardinal and ordinal number. Beadstrings, number tracks and number lines are all important in supporting a structured progression in children’s learning from Reception to Year 3, leading eventually to the use of the empty number line as a standard mental model.

On this course you will:

• use counting frames, beadstrings, number tracks and number lines in a range of practical activities
• identify useful approaches to the teaching of addition and subtraction
• explore activities and resources to support the development and use of number facts
• find out about the research and educational practice in the Netherlands
• consider the importance of consistent mental strategies and written methods throughout the primary phase