Authors: Kate Tucker
ISBN-13: 9781412903943, ISBN-10: 1412903947
Format: Paperback
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date Published: July 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Drawing directly on the classroom practice of the author, this book will give teachers exciting ideas for using play to teach early years mathematics. Written with particular emphasis on transition from the Foundation Stage to Key Stage 1, this book links practical ideas for teaching through play with the Early Learning Goals (ELGs) for the Foundation Stage and the National Numeracy Strategy (NNS).
Chapters offer:
Foreword | ||
1 | Why play? | 3 |
2 | Creating and using a mathematical environment | 15 |
3 | Counting and using number | 41 |
4 | Pattern | 63 |
5 | Shape and space | 81 |
6 | Measurement | 105 |
7 | Planning, organizing and assessing independent play | 123 |