Charles Darwin Community Primary School

Maths Workshop

Teaching Maths in Reception

•Play underpins the delivery of the Early Years Foundation Stage.•Play underpins all development and learning for young children

... So in Reception, many mathematical concepts are taught through play.

Numbers as Labels and for Counting

•Use some number names accurately in play•Count up to three or four objects•Count up to six objects from a larger group•Say and use number names in order in familiar contexts•Count reliably up to ten everyday objects•Recognise numerals 1 to 9•Use developing mathematical ideas and methods to solve practical problems•Recognise, count, order, write and use numbers up to 20

HOW DO WE DO THIS ?

Provide opportunities to see and use numbers both inside and outside

•Counting the number of children in the class / how many children are having sandwiches or dinners ?•Singing number songs and number rhymes•Playing number games•Role play area – setting the table, 4 cups & 4 saucers•Using telephones and keyboards in play areas•Taking maths outside•Making numbers visible both inside the classroom and outside

MAKING IT FUN !

Calculating•Respond to the vocabulary involved in addition and subtraction in rhymes and games•Begin to make comparisons between quantities•Finds one more or one less from a group of up to five objects•In practical activities and discussion, begin to use the vocabulary involved in adding and subtracting•Use language such as “more” or “less” to compare two numbers•Find one more or one less than a number from one to ten•Begin to relate addition to combining two groups of objects and subtraction to “taking away”•Uses developing mathematical ideas and methods to solve practical problems•Uses a range of strategies for addition and subtraction, including some mental recall of number bonds

HOW DO WE DO THIS ?

AGAIN MAKE IT FUN !

•Singing number songs and rhymes•Playing number games•Practical games and activities involving using numbers, adding numbers together, taking numbers away•Recognising groups of objects as being more and less•Understanding number valueNumbers everywhere !•Telephones•House numbers•Age badges/cards•Numbers when shopping•Car number plates•clocks

Mathematical language

Mathematical language / vocabulary is very important and the more language children can acquire at a young age will make mathematical development easier as they progress through school.

KEY POINTS

•Make it fun•Keep it practical•Provide varied opportunities for using numbers •Develop mathematical language