{"id":1453,"date":"2015-06-27T15:40:10","date_gmt":"2015-06-27T14:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1453"},"modified":"2015-06-27T15:40:10","modified_gmt":"2015-06-27T14:40:10","slug":"summer-maths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/summer-maths\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer maths"},"content":{"rendered":"

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School may seem a long way away but you can keep those mathematical skills ticking over and even developing, all while having fun.<\/p>\n

Count \u2013 forwards, backwards, every which way. Start from different numbers and don\u2019t be tempted to go on from 20 all the way to 100 if you don\u2019t need to. At an early age this means saying a sequence of numbers to 5 or 10 but back that up with counting out concrete objects 1\u20262\u20263 and the understanding that \u20183\u2019 relates to the total number of objects as well as what you say when you put the third object down. Bring this in naturally, for example you\u2019re pouring drinks for your charges and their friends \u2013 ask them how many they need, get them to count out the glasses, count as you\u2019re pouring the drinks. Count the number of petals on a simple flower or try to count the number of petals on a daisy \u2013 are they all the same? Get children used to the idea of estimating by guessing a number before you count the petals. Use mathematical language like the first swing and the second swing. Make collections and count them out, and use the shells or stones or sticks you\u2019ve collected to sort them later.<\/p>\n

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Start at different numbers and ask them to count on, or talk about the numbers that come before or after it. This skill is like starting from the second line of a nursery rhyme, it comes fluently with practice.<\/p>\n

For older children use their emerging addition and subtraction skills to talk about money. Use cash instead of a card as much as possible. Count in 1s, 2s, 5s and 10s using coins. Ask them how many different ways they can make the amount you need from the money you have. Can you get the exact amount? If you need to get change does it make the right amount? This is a concrete example of subtraction \u2013 how much change do you get from a pound. Pounds and pence are a great introduction to decimal points too.<\/p>\n

The kitchen provides another opportunity to talk about number and shape. In weighing ingredients children see number on the scale, especially if you\u2019re using one with a needle instead of a digital balance. Following a recipe allows you to introduce the concepts of double and half, both the number of people you\u2019re making it for (e.g. making a recipe that serves 4 for 8 people) and the ingredients. Egg cartons and muffin tins are good examples of \u2018rectangular arrays\u2019. A rectangular array is a fancy way of saying \u2018four by three\u2019 or \u2018six by two\u2019 \u2013 it\u2019s the beginnings of multiplication. You can also introduce division with your twelve fairy cakes. If you\u2019re sharing between two people how many does each person get? What about three? Or four?<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t need to be \u2018doing maths\u2019 to develop skills in your charges. Look for opportunities to talk about number, shape, measure and money and their understanding will grow naturally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

School may seem a long way away but you can keep those mathematical skills ticking over and even developing, all while having fun. Count forwards, backwards, every which way. Start from different numbers and dont be tempted to go on from 20 all the way to 100 if you dont need to. At an early … Continue reading “Summer maths”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[26,273,348],"class_list":["post-1453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nannies","tag-activities","tag-maths","tag-numeracy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nannyjob.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}