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Early Literacy & Maths. Purpose. Help parents to help their children with Early Literacy and Maths at home. Look at what the children need to achieve by the end of the Reception Year. Early Years Literacy.
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Purpose • Help parents to help their children with Early Literacy and Maths at home. • Look at what the children need to achieve by the end of the Reception Year
Early Years Literacy • Communication and Language-role-play, introducing storyline and narrative into their play and listening and responding. • Reading-Continuing a rhyming string, hearing and saying initial sounds in words, segmenting and blending the sounds in simple words, reading words in simple sentences. • Understanding that information can be retrieved from books and computers.
Helping at home • Reading at night –comment in the reading record • Discussing the stories with the children • Playing the games with their word cards • Providing a wide range of books for the children to have opportunities to enjoy stories at home. • Puppets • Interactive stories –Oxford Owls • Letters and sounds website-support early phonics through games
Writing table-lots of opportunities eg party invitations, cards etc • Giving meaning to marks they draw/write • Using paints, felts, exciting pens etc • Breaking the flow of speech into words • Hearing and saying sounds in words before they write them down • Segmenting sounds in words • Name and sound letters of the alphabet • Using clear letters-forming them correctly • Writing names, labels and captions and moving on to writing simple sentences. • The children need these opportunities at home • Celebrating their wonderful achievements Early Years Writing
Maths • Need to count reliably to 20 • Order numbers to 20. Begin to form numbers. • Say what number is one more/ less • Add and subtract 2 single digit numbers and count on or back to find the answer • Solving problems involving- doubling, halving and sharing • Eg How could we share these 10 sweets between 2 children. Numbers
Children are encouraged to develop a mental picture of the number system in their heads to use for calculation. They should experience practical calculation opportunities using a wide variety of equipment, e.g. small world play, role play, counters, cubes etc. They develop ways of recording calculations using pictures, etc. • Children who are ready may record this as 8 – 5 = 3
Helping at home • Providing counting opportunities –counting sweets, toys, cars, teddies. • Looking out for numbers around the environment • Baking-Counting out the ingredients • Numbers to recognise/ order eg large numbers outdoors • Interactive games-interactive resources topmarks • Adding/ subtracting toys 3 teddies plus 2 teddies equals ??
Shape, space and measures • Begin to use mathematical names for ‘solid’ 3d shapes and 2d shapes and describe them • Describe positions eg next to, behind. • Order items by height and length • Order items by weight • Use familiar objects or shapes to recreate patterns and build models • Use everyday language related to time eg in the morning/ afternoon • Use everyday language related to money Shape, space and measures
Helping at home • Looking at the shapes of everyday objects • Building models using shapes and junk material • Measuring ingredients • Role-play shopping and using money • Look at prices at the supermarket • Ask the children if they can identify longer/ shorter/ heavier and lighter items
Thankyou Time for any questions