Maths Trio

Stronger Practice Hub Event

Maths is about the search for relationships and patterns, and pattern is a defining quality of mathematics. Children’s pattern awareness is a key predictor of later maths learning, and helping children recognise the regularities and relationships in all sorts of patterns helps them “make sense” of mathematics. Robin will consider the diverse forms of patterns and how creating a pattern-rich environment supports children in becoming pattern spotters and problem solvers.

Stronger Practice Hub Event

“Understanding spatial relationships begins at birth” ( Erikson, 2014 ), and we use our bodies and sensory experiences, gesture and language, memory and modelling, pictures and drawings to understand and map the world around us. Robin will consider the key aspects of spatial reasoning and how best to support children’s learning trajectories through a maths-rich practice and provision. We will touch upon shape and space, mapping and navigation, and visualisation and representation.

Stronger Practice Hub Event

Learning to count is a complex process and children need all sorts of experiences and tools to be able to count with confidence and really understand the meaning and purpose of numbers. Robin will discuss how to support children in learning to count through a variety of visual, verbal, and tactile everyday experiences. We will explore a maths-rich, playful provision that provides children with numerous opportunities to investigate numbers and develop confidence as counters, enhancing their Number Sense.