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Playful Mathematics
For children 3 to 7



March 2022 | 192 pages | Corwin UK

Nursery World Professional Book of the Year 2022

Children are naturally mathematical in their play. They play with mathematics.

Early years’ practitioners often struggle to make mathematics relevant and engaging for their young learners. In their play, children are naturally mathematical yet practitioners are often unsure about how to build on this or how this observed play ‘fits’ in with the mathematics they teach.


This Nursery World Award Winning Book: 
*Empowers early years teachers to see the learning in this play and to remain committed to play based practice
*Outlines recent research on how children best learn mathematics
*Supports early years practitioners to know why preparation works better than planning and why 'thinking space' matters more than you think
 
Why playful mathematics?
 
Fostering mathematical reasoning
 
Preparation rather than planning
 
Adults – what do we do?
 
Some concluding remarks on being mathematically playful

Provides up to date evidence based strategies and concepts and connects us to how children best learn mathematics with clear underpinning in the Early Years. A very well considered text.

Mrs Sarah Barton
School of Education and Sociology (EDSOC), Portsmouth University
November 9, 2022

Excellent resource for student teachers

Mrs Ruth Forrester
Moray House School of Education, Edinburgh University
August 10, 2023

This is essential for primary mathematics teaching and learning

Dr Jack Bryne Stothard
Education, Health and Sciences, Derby University
November 3, 2023

Maths often remains a subject that practitioners are fearful of- this book helps to support the playfulness that can be incorporated into practice, supporting all those involved

Miss marie bradwell
Children and Young People, Plymouth Marjon University
June 8, 2023

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