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Numeracy and Maths at the Early Stage

Numeracy and Maths at the Early Stage. Parent Meeting. Overview. Looking at the mathematical skills and concepts the children are developing at this stage. Looking at the learning activities and experiences that develop understanding and skills.

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Numeracy and Maths at the Early Stage

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  1. Numeracy and Maths at the Early Stage Parent Meeting

  2. Overview • Looking at the mathematical skills and concepts the children are developing at this stage. • Looking at the learning activities and experiences that develop understanding and skills. • Looking at how parents can support learning in numeracy and maths.

  3. Counting • Learning the sequence of number words • Counting skills – using the sequence of number words to do this • Learning the order of numbers • One-to-one correspondence – matching the number words to the items to be counted – touch and count each item only once • Learning that the last number in a count tells us how many there are • Learning the language of quantities – lots, more, less, fewer, about the same number

  4. How to Support Counting Skills • Nursery rhymes and stories • Number songs • Going up and down the stairs • Setting the table • Shopping • Buttons, bricks, toys, anything • Say one number for each thing • Count things in pictures • Count sounds and physical movements • Count out a given quantity

  5. Learning About Numbers • Look for numbers – at home, houses, buses, cars, telephone, in shops • Learn the order of numbers – forwards and backwards, what number comes next • Match a written number to a number of objects • Make marks to show a number – e.g. the score in a game

  6. Measuremente.g. length, weight, capacity • Being able to measure is a life skill, used in many contexts throughout life • As they progress through school, children will learn about measures, units of measure and measuring tools. • They will use numbers to estimate, make measurements and solve problems. • At the early stage the children are learning to use the language of measure.

  7. Key Concepts for Measure • Use descriptive language (big, little, short, thin, wide, tall, heavy, light) • Using comparative language (longer, shorter, heavier, more full, thicker) • Making ordered arrangements (longest, shortest, tallest, widest, heaviest)

  8. Time • Understand the concept of time passing – now, the past, the future – and recalling events in order • Talk about familiar times such as bedtime, breakfast, dinner time • Talk about what comes first, next and last • Talk about yesterday, today and tomorrow • Talk about special clock and calendar times

  9. Shape • Using language to describe and classify shapes • Play with wooden or plastic shapes • ‘Junk’ modelling • Use words like round, straight, flat, pointed, corners • Shape matching games • Posting boxes • Learn the names of shapes • Look for shapes at home, on buildings, all around

  10. Maths Through Stories • COLOUR – What colour is the bear? The chair? • SORTING – Which bear has the big chair? • ORDERING – big/middle sized/small • COMPARISONS – porridge hot/cold, chairs high/low, beds hard/soft • PREDICTING – What do you think baby bear will say about his chair? • COUNTING – How many bears? Beds? Bowls? • SHARING – Mother bear shares out the porridge • MATCHING – Bears to bowls, bowls to table

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