Build Children’s Maths Minds. Don’t Just get them doing Sums!

Counting, subtracting, dividing are essential skills in life. But before jumping to “doing calculations”, it’s essential to help children to build their number sense. So here are some tools to help with this.

Number Sense

Number sense in Reception/ Kindergarten

Partitioning Numbers

Composing and Recomposing

Place Value

Why Place Value Must Come First

Concrete Tools for Maths

The Rekenrek

Fractions

Building Children’s Fraction Sense