Messy Maths: A Playful, Outdoor Approach for Early Years
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (596 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1781352666 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 252 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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The most valuable aspect from my point of view is the encouragement to find maths in the everyday outdoors. Messy Maths will motivate the reader to harness the outdoors special nature for embedded, meaningful mathematical thinking and satisfying, deep-level learning I particularly love the mathematical garden. It is in the recognition of these teachable moments that we, as early years educators, can bring maths to life for young children. I highly recommend Messy Maths to teachers working at all stages and in all manner of early years settings. I bet you ll get better at estimating weights and lengths too! --Cath Prisk, Global Campaign Director, Outdoor Classroom Day . Messy Maths is a wonderful resource! Aesthetically beautiful with its engaging photographs, it is easy and inspiring
Juliet Robertson is an education consultant who specialises in outdoor learning. @CreativeSTAR . She also writes a popular education blog I m a teacher, get me OUTSIDE here! where she illustrates her ideas and enthusiasm for learning outdoors. Before becoming a consultant Juliet was a head teacher at three schools, making her more than qualified to help others impr
Many of these ideas and activities are also beautifully displayed in full-colour photographs throughout the book, making it even easier to jump straight into outstanding outdoor learning opportunities. It is not a how to guide, but rather an easy-to-use reference book replete with ready-to-use games and open-ended ideas designed to help children become confident and skilled in thinking about, using and exploring abstract mathematical concepts as they play outside. Lots of outdoor play and engaging activity along the way is a must, as being outside enables connections to be made between the hands, heart and head, and lays the foundations for more complex work as children grow, d