How can parents, teachers and early years workers support the mathematical development of young children?How best can a positive disposition towards mathematics be fostered in children?This important book provides practical guidance for parents, teachers and other early years workers who are concerned to give children a good start in mathematical development. The author highlights the importance of recognising the earliest precursors to successful mathematical achievement and building upon these to promote interest in and enthusiasm for mathematics. Practitioners and parents are encouraged to have confidence in their own mathematical ability and to recognise the ways in which they and children behave mathematically in everyday life. The relationship between sensitive observation of children's growing mathematical understanding and the promotion of mathematical thinking through children's interests and play is underlined and the emphasis throughout is upon fostering mathematical thinking in line with the recognised principles of good practice in early childhood education.

Supp. Mathematical Development In the Early Years (Supporting Early Learning)

Education & Teaching

Pound, Linda

Schools & Teaching

Open University Press

Supporting Mathematical Development in the Early Years (Supporting Early Learning)

Supporting Mathematical Development in the Early Years provides practical guidance for parents, teachers and other early years workers who want to give children a good start in mathematical development. Showing how competent children are as mathematicians from an early age, the book offers an overview of young children's mathematical behaviour at home and in early years settings.

Supporting Mathematical Development in the Early Years

Early childhood practitioners are often reluctant to see themselves as leaders and managers. However, all those who work with young children and their families, whatever their level of experience and competence, have to undertake both of these roles on a daily basis. 
 This book encourages practitioners to recognise their active involvement in leadership and management in relation to their work as team leader or team member, and in their work with parents and other professionals, to ensure appropriate and effective provision for young children. 
 The authors identify a number of key principles involved in effective early years leadership and management, which focus on the idea that:
<ul>
<li>Leadership is about influencing others to improve and enhance children’s care, learning and development </li>
<li>Leadership is only effective if it develops the leadership of others by supporting a team or group in meeting their declared aims or vision </li>
<li>Leadership is ultimately distributed, shared and dispersed in early childhood settings</li>
</ul> These principles are supported by a detailed exploration of the statutory demands made on practitioners working with young children and their families, and reference to relevant literature drawn from both early childhood studies and leadership theories. As well as providing guidance on the roles, responsibilities and tasks facing early childhood leaders, the book features a number of case studies and practical tasks, giving life to concepts and ideas and enabling readers to apply theories and policies to their own work settings. Additional activities at the end of each chapter further support practitioners in fulfilling their leadership and management roles in practice. 
 Leadership and Management in the Early Years is an essential text for early years and early childhood studies students as well as practitioners particularly those who are aiming for Early Years Professional Status.

Leadership and Management in the Early Years

Jones, Caroline

Thinking about early childhood education will offer an academic and critical approach to the wealth of theories that underpin elements of current practice in early childhood care and education. It will focus on analyzing the rise and interconnectedness of theories of learning and development. It will range from key nineteenth century movements to progressive ideas of the twentieth century, encompassing psychoanalytic theories, deconstructing theories and constructivism and behaviourism.

Thinking about early childhood education

Teaching Mathematics Creatively (Learning to Teach in the Primary School Series)

This revised and updated third edition offers a range of strategies, activities and ideas to bring mathematics to life in the primary classroom. Taking an innovative and playful approach to maths teaching, this book promotes creativity as a key element of practice and offers ideas to help your students develop knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of the subject. 
In the creative classroom, mathematics becomes a tool to build confidence, develop problem solving skills and motivate children. The fresh approaches explored in this book include a range of activities such as storytelling, music and construction, elevating maths learning beyond subject knowledge itself to enable students to see mathematics in a new way. 
Key chapters of this book explore: 
• Learning maths outdoors - make more noise, make more mess or work on a larger scale 
• Everyday maths - making sense of the numbers, patterns, shapes and measures children see around them 
• Music and maths – the role of rhythm in learning, and music and pattern in maths 
Stimulating, accessible and underpinned by the latest research and theory, this is essential reading for trainee and practising teachers who wish to embed creative approaches to maths teaching in their classroom.

Science & Math

Lee, Trisha

Mathematics

Routledge

Thinking and Learning About Mathematics in the Early Years (Essential Guides for Early Years Practitioners)

How can early years practitioners help young children to become not only numerate but aspiring mathematicians who love numbers, shapes and mathematical comparisons?  The introduction of the Foundation Stage has led to practitioners seeking ways to teach maths which are more in line with the creative and playful ways young children learn other subjects.  Linda Pound draws on current thinking about children's mathematical development to show how you can encourage and enhance the numeracy skills of any child in the early years by linking maths to every-day life situations and making it a playful and enjoyable cross-curricular activity. This highly practical and engaging text includes chapters on:    why maths is often seen as 'hard' and what practitioners can do to help young children be more successful   exploring shapes, space, measures and patterns   how to make maths more fun and playful, using games, humour, stories and rhymes   using music and dance to enhance mathematical understanding   encouraging children to see the connection between maths and everyday experiences through, for example sorting, matching and guessing   creating an environment for mathematical development, indoors and out  Concluding with a chapter on how practitioners and parents can become more confident in their use of maths, this user-friendly text, packed full of ideas, is essential reading for practitioners in any early years setting. Students on Early Education courses will also find much here to inspire them.

Are you looking for new ideas to capture the reluctant maths pupils in your class? How can story, drama and GIANTS help you teach maths?  Teaching Mathematics Creatively is crammed full of practical approaches for bringing the teaching of mathematics to life. From an examination of where maths is failing to engage pupils in the 21st century, to a wide range of exciting approaches and ideas for ensuring it is possible to teach in a creative way, this is a stimulating and enjoyable source of inspiration for busy teachers.  It promotes creativity as a key element to develop young children’s knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of mathematics and offers a range of strategies to enable teachers to take a playful approach to mathematics teaching. Imaginative ideas include:    The power of story-telling and play to bring the subject alive for children and teachers alike.   Learning maths outdoors - work on a larger scale, make more noise, make more mess!   Making sense of the numbers, patterns, shapes and measures children see around them every day.   Motivating children through problem-finding and problem-solving.   Using music, rhythm and pattern to teach maths creatively.   Giant maths - how much food does a giant need in a week?   Underpinned by the latest research and theory and with contemporary and cutting-edge practice at the forefront, Teaching Mathematics Creatively includes a wealth of innovative ideas to enthuse teachers and enrich maths teaching. It is an essential purchase for every teacher who wishes to employ creative approaches to teaching in their classroom.

Are you looking for new ideas to capture the reluctant maths pupils in your class? How can story, drama and GIANTS help you teach maths? Teaching Mathematics Creatively is crammed full of practical approaches for bringing the teaching of mathematics to life. From an examination of where maths is failing to engage pupils in the 21st century, to a wide range of exciting approaches and ideas for ensuring it is possible to teach in a creative way, this is a stimulating and enjoyable source of inspiration for busy teachers. It promotes creativity as a key element to develop young children’s knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of mathematics and offers a range of strategies to enable teachers to take a playful approach to mathematics teaching. Imaginative ideas include: <ul>
<li>The power of story-telling and play to bring the subject alive for children and teachers alike.</li> <li>Learning maths outdoors - work on a larger scale, make more noise, make more mess!</li> <li>Making sense of the numbers, patterns, shapes and measures children see around them every day.</li> <li>Motivating children through problem-finding and problem-solving.</li> <li>Using music, rhythm and pattern to teach maths creatively.</li> <li>Giant maths - how much food does a giant need in a week?</li> </ul> Underpinned by the latest research and theory and with contemporary and cutting-edge practice at the forefront, Teaching Mathematics Creatively includes a wealth of innovative ideas to enthuse teachers and enrich maths teaching. It is an essential purchase for every teacher who wishes to employ creative approaches to teaching in their classroom.

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Supp. Mathematical Development In the Early Years (Supporting Early Learning)

Supporting Mathematical Development in the Early Years

Leadership and Management in the Early Years

Thinking about early childhood education

Teaching Mathematics Creatively (Learning to Teach in the Primary School Series)

Teaching Mathematics Creatively (Learning to Teach in the Primary School Series)

Thinking and Learning About Mathematics in the Early Years (Essential Guides for Early Years Practitioners)

Thinking and Learning About Mathematics in the Early Years (Essential Guides for Early Years Practitioners)

Teaching Mathematics Creatively (Learning to Teach in the Primary School Series)

Teaching Mathematics Creatively (Learning to Teach in the Primary School Series)