A course for Reception teachers

Mathematical activity needs to take account of the interests and enthusiasms of young children. Children have a natural curiosity about the world around them. We should provide a variety of contexts that can be experienced and visualised in order to develop children’s mental strategies.

On this course you will:

• explore activities, contexts and resources which help to create a mathematically-rich environment
• discover ways of establishing breadth in children’s counting skills
• consider ways of moving children on from counting to early calculating
• look at story sacks as one way of making mathematics more meaningful
• create opportunities that develop children’s problem-solving skills