Mathematics Through Play in the Early Years
- Kate Tucker - Early Years Teacher and Trainer, Exeter
'This is a very welcome book. Kate Tucker is an enthusiast, with lots of experience in teaching young children, and in thinking about how best they should learn math.'
Nursery World
Teaching mathematics to young children in creative ways is made easy with this second edition of a wonderful book, which offers the reader clear advice and lots of exciting ideas to use in any early years setting.
By showing how to introduce mathematical concepts through play-based activities, this book is in tune with current thinking about best practice in teaching, and with the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage and current Numeracy strategy.
New material includes:
- an additional chapter on creative recording
- a whole new chapter on ways to involve parents
- discussion of policy throughout the UK
- more on using ICT
- case studies covering the whole birth to eight age range
Essential reading for any practitioner who wants to develop their mathematics teaching, this book is equally important for all trainee teachers and early years students.
'This second edition, fully updated in line with the EYFS, has been written to help practitioners to create playful contexts to support children's independent mathematical play and learning. It provides ideas and activities but also guides the reader to sources of further information to consolidate their own subject knowledge of mathematics...The emphasis in the text and in the examples provided in this well-illustrated, informative and very practical book is on children aged from four to eight years old. This makes Mathematics Through Play in the Early Years particularly useful for students and teachers of children in Reception classes and at Key Stage 1' -
Early Years Update
Praise for the first edition:
'This is a very welcome book. Kate Tucker is an enthusiast, with lots of experience in teaching young children, and in thinking about how best they should learn maths' - Nursery World
Lots of practical advice, examples and ideas from the classroom which helps our students to plan and deliver mathematical activities in early years settings.
Good background on the role of play in the learning maths; a neglected aspect of play
The text provides a useful review of theory and practical ideas that can be implemented within the EYFS. A must read for students and experienced teachers with an interest in developing mathematics in the EYFS.
This was interesting to read and was creative in the ideas and concepts discussed, the book, for ITE students, was useful for those students keen to follow the path for a maths leader in schools. It gave plenty of examples and would be a useful read for ,maths practitioners from the Early Years through to Key Stage 1.
This text supports Early Years Teachers understanding of how to stage the play environment for maths. This is key to promote a love of maths and to further childrens understanding.
Super cross-curricular feel well suited to Early Years. I like the descriptions of the work of particular children. Nice page layout and reasonable size font - occasionally a bit list orientated.
Super resource for my students studying childcare. Many thanks
This book provides a user-friendly set of resources for teachers in early childhood teaching numeracy. This book is adopted as a recommended text both in the numeracy and pedagogy modules, to accompany and complement more theoretical texts.
easy to read text, supporting and developing students knowledge and practical application of mathematics with young children
