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Developing early maths skills outdoors : activity ideas and best practice for teaching and learning outside / Marianne Sargent.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sargent, Marianne, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Early childhood education--Activity programs.
- Early childhood education.
- Physical Description:
- 82 pages : colour illustrations ; 30 cm.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Practical Pre-School Books, [2015]
- Summary:
- Developing Early Maths Skills Outdoors provides practitioners with practical planning for how to develop and enhance the outdoor area to facilitate mathematical learning. It includes up to 80 activities to embed each learning experience into daily provision, with dedicated plans to develop specific skills and aspects of mathematics. The activities throughout the book are low cost and easy to set up, aiming to reassure practitioners and give them the confidence to plan more mathematical learning experiences outdoors. This is further supported with planning guidance and resource ideas, as well as advice on observation and assessment, including suggestions for how to reduce the paperwork burden and a useful observation template. The book is divided into sections that represent the different aspects of mathematics and includes: An introduction to each aspect, explaining why it is important, and outlining the fundamental skills and concepts that underpin it; ideas for adult-led and adul.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Front matter
- Title page
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Publisher information
- Developing Early Maths Skills Outdoors
- Introduction
- A sense of number and number order
- Counting
- Recognising numbers
- Recording numbers
- Comparing quantities
- Adding
- Subtracting
- Multiplying and dividing
- Problem solving
- Shape
- Pattern
- Space
- Length
- Weight
- Capacity and volume
- Time
- Money
- Planning and organising outdoor mathematics
- Collecting evidence of children's learning
- Maths observation record
- Resources and further reading
- References.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-912611-22-8
- 1-912611-21-X
- 9781909280830 (paperback)
- 1909280836
- OCLC:
- 1140791746
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