Guidance for Teachers
Problem Solving Through Dialogue
Many teachers will introduce a new idea in a Maths lesson by presenting a problem and then getting the class to suggest possible answers. These will be discussed and the teacher will lead the class...
How to Help Young Children to Add & Subtract
Why do they do sums this way instead of this way? INTERESTING FACT: Children who are held back from learning the written methods for addition and subtraction, and are first encouraged to...
Posters: Thinking, Feeling, Working like a Mathematician
A set of three A4 posters for display in the classroom, highlighting key attitudes to Maths.
Tips for Helping with Maths At Home
A handy 1-page guide for parents on how to get the best from children when doing Maths at home: be positive, revise frequently, take things at a steady pace and take regular breaks!
Success with Fractions – Part 1
A clear step-by-step guide for parents and teachers on how to help children to learn about fractions. Packed with practical ideas. Part 1 covers the first four years of formal schooling.
What can you do with 200 metre sticks?
First published in the SMC Primary Journal Issue 1 (2017) Two years ago we bought 100 metre sticks. Last year we bought 100 more! Used together with base ten materials, metre sticks...
Metrestick fractions-decimals-percentages
(first published in the SMC Journal Issue 48) In my last article, I shared what a fantastic resource metre sticks are for teaching early addition and subtraction skills. In this article I will...
Meet CEDRIC – and learn from mistakes
(first published in TES – July 2019) I walked into a colleague’s classroom some months ago and saw this above the board: “Mistakes are to be expected, respected, inspected and corrected.”...