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Bristol EY
conference: July 3 Don’t miss out -
there are just a few remaining spaces for this National Conference:
a £20.00 discount for Children’s Mathematics Network members.
Additional reductions for those working in Bristol and for group
bookings!
We’d like to welcome the following
new members from Northern Ireland - all of whom work with babies and
children under five years in the Shankill Road area of Belfast.
Irene
Cook, Elaine Campbell, Carers ‘n Kids Day Nursery, Irene
Cook, Donna Hancock, Hobby Horse Playgroup, Tracey Johnston,
Shirley Menabney, Rita Mulligan, Dora Seaton and Michelle
Ward.
We would also like to welcome our new
members from London and the South East of England:
Evonne Ashen,
Rebecca Bartram, Patsy Chester, Caroline Clissold, Libba
Detheridge, Angela Filby, Kelly Finney, Lesley Pease,
Caroline Ryan, Debbie Wheater, Sonja Wissing, and Malgosia
Woodham!
New
Publication: Worthington, M. (2007) ‘Exceptional
children: researching the young child’s mathematics’, Primary
Mathematics: Maths Coordinator File 25: Early Years Issue. May.
New!
The value of natural environments for health and well-being: (June
2007)
New!
Disadvantaged children up to a year behind by the age of three
New!
'Young not allowed out to play' (June 2007)
New!
'The Good Childhood Enquiry' (June 2007)
New!
EPPE Report: impact of children's home learning environments
(June 2007)
New!
Additional guidance on Foundation Stage profile (May 2007)
New!
Calculations and Written Mathematics: Official Guidance
Click here for
May's News |
Kamrin’s ‘Tweedle birds’ – exploring
division
This was a teacher-led lesson in a
Reception class: problem solving – division by sharing
Kamrin (5 years 7 months)
invented his own system to check if 8 could be shared equally
between two. He wrote a question mark by the numeral 8 and then a
cross, as at first he thought it could not be divided equally
between two.
Then he invented ‘Tweedle birds’ and
shared eight ‘eggs’ equally between the two birds, adding a tick to
show that eight could be divided equally. Kamrin then went on to explore
several other ways to find if other numbers could be dividing
equally in two, finding increasingly efficient methods of doing this
– or using ‘successive shorthand’.
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