About the Books in This Pack:
Foundations of Mathematics
Foundations of Mathematics outlines seven strands of practice which underpin successful mathematical development inchildren aged 3-7. Early years mathematics specialists, Carole and Judith, draw on their experience of working with early years practitioners, including consultants and advisers, across the UK and internationally. The book is completely up-to-date and embeds the Revised Early Years Foundation Stage throughout the book. The book brims with multi-sensory ideas that will trigger children's curiosity, measuring using sand mousse, hunting for buried treasure and building secret dens outdoors.
Included in this book:
- activities that involve playing and exploring,
- games to make learning active,
and
- experiences to develop creative and critical thinking.
Maths is All Around You
This book presents a broad range of concepts and aims to widen the narrow view that maths for young children is just about numbers and shapes. The content includes pattern (early algebra), counting, number, early operations, measurement, shape and spatial awareness (geometry), matching, sorting, data analysis and the introduction of chance (statistics and probability). This book is intended for educators and parents who would like to explore and investigate maths concepts to enrich children's experiences and extend their current thinking and learning.
The Little Book of Counting
A new Little Book expands this popular series by providing further ideas in problem solving, reasoning and numeracy. The Little Book is about counting, not about recognising numbers which makes it suitable for children from an early age and well before starting school. It covers a range of everyday counting activities, including 1:1 correspondence, guessing, estimating, and counting with music and movement. The well established Little Books format is followed, with activities presented on double page spreads, each thoughtfully and imaginatively illustrated in colour.
The Little Book of Colour, Shape and Number
This Little Book is focused on three aspects of mathematical development, colour, shape and number. It provides fun easy to do activities for children at all stages of the foundation stage and follows on with ease from the competent learner strands of birth to three matters.
The Little Book of Maths Activities
This Little Books is linked to the stepping stones and the mathematical concepts, these simple activities will enable you to plan and provide activities for children at different levels of mathematical under-standing.
The Little Book of Maths from Stories
The aim of this Little Book is to provide practitioners with ideas for developing mathematics using high quality picture books and well known rhymes. The book is intended for practitioners working with young children in early years settings and, of course, at home.
The Little Book of Outdoors
This is a unique book that supports the current thinking behind outdoor learning. It features over 40 ideas for outdoor activities that support mathematics in the early years and the specific areas of learning in the revised EYFS. All the ideas are tried and tested by Terry and this book will prove to be popular in the early years and well into Key stage 1.
The Little Book of Maths Songs and Games
Nothing unusual, nothing to fin or buy, just use what you have to explore maths through these simple activities and some new and some familiar songs.