Supporting your child with maths at home - Valley Primary School
Supporting your child with maths at home
What is maths?
Number
Problem solving
Calculation
Maths Data handling
Shape
Measures
What maths have you done today?
Maths is a hard subject • Why can it be so hard?
Language
• Take away • Scales • Table
The language of mathematics • • • •
© Oxford University Press 2014
Nets Properties Flat Face
Maths is abstract. What is this?
11
What is it now?
12
13
14
What is the biggest number?
1 2 3 4
© oxford university press 2011
56
15
7 8 9 10
What are the characteristics of a child who is good at maths? From the early stages onwards, children and young people should experience success in mathematics and develop the confidence to: • take risks • ask questions and explore alternative solutions without fear of being wrong • enjoy exploring and applying mathematical concepts to understand and solve problems • explain their thinking and presenting their solutions to others in a variety of ways • reason logically and creatively through discussion of mathematical ideas and concepts.
Seeing a pattern is at the heart of mathematical thinking
What is Numicon?
Numicon is a multi sensory approach using apparatus to focus on imagery, imagery, action and conversation. • Numicon is designed to give children the understanding of number ideas and number relationships that are essential for success in maths.
Numicon Shapes • What can you see? • What can you feel? • Can you sort them?
Constructing meaning: Sequencing by order of size
How many?
Calculating not counting
How can you help your child?
What is maths?
Number
Problem solving
Calculation
Maths Data handling
Shape
Measures
What maths have you done today?
Maths is a hard subject • Why can it be so hard?
Language
• Take away • Scales • Table
The language of mathematics • • • •
© Oxford University Press 2014
Nets Properties Flat Face
Maths is abstract. What is this?
11
What is it now?
12
13
14
What is the biggest number?
1 2 3 4
© oxford university press 2011
56
15
7 8 9 10
What are the characteristics of a child who is good at maths? From the early stages onwards, children and young people should experience success in mathematics and develop the confidence to: • take risks • ask questions and explore alternative solutions without fear of being wrong • enjoy exploring and applying mathematical concepts to understand and solve problems • explain their thinking and presenting their solutions to others in a variety of ways • reason logically and creatively through discussion of mathematical ideas and concepts.
Seeing a pattern is at the heart of mathematical thinking
What is Numicon?
Numicon is a multi sensory approach using apparatus to focus on imagery, imagery, action and conversation. • Numicon is designed to give children the understanding of number ideas and number relationships that are essential for success in maths.
Numicon Shapes • What can you see? • What can you feel? • Can you sort them?
Constructing meaning: Sequencing by order of size
How many?
Calculating not counting
How can you help your child?
