Transcript Maths in the EYFS

Maths in the EYFS
Welcome!
Introductions
Mrs Claire Foulstone – Nursery Teacher
Ms Emma Mrozek (Yr 1)–
Primary Curriculum Coordinator for Maths
The Curriculum
The EYFS curriculum for maths is split into 2 stands.
These strands are:
• Number
• Shape, Space and Measures
Curriculum Overview - Number
The number stand of the curriculum is self
explanatory,…its about using, identifying and
representing numbers in meaningful contexts.
Curriculum Overview - SSM
The shape, space and measures stand of the
curriculum is, in nursery mainly focused around
shape.
The Importance of Language
Much of the maths EYFS curriculum for Nursery and Reception
children is heavily reliant on the use of mathematical vocabulary
and the ability of children to be able to explain and share their
ideas.
Links to Language and Speaking
• Uses talk to connect ideas, explain what is happening and
anticipate what might happen next, recall and relive past
experiences.
• Questions why things happen and gives explanations. Asks
e.g. who, what, when, how.
• Uses vocabulary focused on objects and people that are of
particular importance to them.
• Builds up vocabulary that reflects the breadth of their
experiences.
Numicon
What is expected at the beginning of
Nursery?
Number:
• Selects a small number of objects from a group when asked,
• Recites some number names in sequence.
• Creates and experiments with symbols and marks representing ideas of number.
• Begins to make comparisons between quantities.
• Uses some language of quantities, such as ‘more’ and ‘a lot’.
• Uses some number names and number language
spontaneously.
• Uses some number names accurately in play.
• Recites numbers in order to 10.
What is expected at the beginning of
Nursery?
Shape, Space and Measure:
•Notices simple shapes and patterns in pictures.
•Beginning to categorise objects according to properties such
as shape or size.
•Begins to use the language of size.
•Understands some talk about immediate past and future, e.g.' before’, ‘later’ or ‘soon’.
•Anticipates specific time-based events such as mealtimes or
home time
How does this change to the end of
Nursery?
Number:
•Beginning to represent numbers using fingers, marks on paper or pictures.
•Sometimes matches numeral and quantity correctly.
•Compares two groups of objects, saying when they have the
same number.
•Separates a group of three or four objects in different ways, beginning to recognise that the total is still the
same.
•Shows an interest in numerals in the environment.
•Shows an interest in representing numbers.
How does this change to the end of
Nursery?
Shape, Space and Measures:
•Shows an interest in shape and space by playing with shapes or making arrangements with objects.
•Shows awareness of similarities of shapes in the environment.
•Uses positional language.
•Shows interest in shape by sustained construction activity or
by talking about shapes or arrangements.
•Shows interest in shapes in the environment.
•Uses shapes appropriately for tasks.
•Beginning to talk about the shapes of everyday objects,
e.g. ‘round’ and ‘tall’.
How can you help?
Maths can be built in to any element of everyday life without any need for
specific resources.
Why not try:
• Counting the steps up the stairs
• A number hunt on the way to nursery
• Setting the table, how many people, how many knives, forks etc
• Sorting the washing by size, colour etc.
• Can you cut your toast into squares, triangles?
Your Maths Pack
Inside your pack is a number line, whiteboard and pen and 10 unifix cubes. Here
are some ideas how you could use them together with your child at home:
• Pattern making with the cubes
• Dice games – roll the dice and take away that many cubes, the winner is the person with the least cubes after 2
rolls. This could be adapted to adding cubes on.
• Counting; how many cubes in your tower, can you line your cubes up along your number line?
• Writing numbers, can you copy from the number line, which number comes before/after……
What will you see in the classroom?
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When playing here I can:
Examples of shape and number in various contexts.
Maths built into lots of activities in all the areas
Children using and applying maths in a fun context while they
are playing.