Playful Maths Pedagogy BLOG

  • 7 THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT MATHS MASTERY…

    by Janey Ross
    7 THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT MATHS MASTERY…1. Mastery is used to mean multiple different things in research, practice and policy.2. The concep...

  • 7 Ways to use counters NOW!

    by Janey Ross
    7 Ways to use Counters to build and increase fluency  Counters are so widely available and a versatile resource! They can be used to represent a mu...

  • My Approach to achieving AUTOMATICITY (steal this!)

    by Janey Ross

    Want to help learners MASTER MULTIPLICATION and reach an automatic level of number fluency  to allow for the recall of facts from memory without conscious effort?

  • Multiplication fact mastery: from acquisition to automaticity!

    by Janey Ross
    Learning starts with understanding of concepts, to be sure, but memory skills must develop simultaneously. Automaticity is a different type of knowledge; it is based on memory retrieval.  

  • NUMBER BONDS – Why don’t we just call them Sums?

    by Janey Ross
    WHAT? WHY? HOW? Confession: I did not teach numeracy and maths well until recently. I followed schemes and learning outcomes and genuinely thought ...

  • 7 Things you need to know about SUBITISING...

    by Janey Ross
    Subitising means instantly seeing how many from a latin word meaning SUDDENLY! A key to teaching subitising is to show a quantity quickly! Childre...

  • 7 Ways to Increase MATHS TALK and Not Just TALK ABOUT MATHS.

    by Janey Ross
        Longstanding research of Alexander, Barnes and Mercer has informed much of the thinking for this blog. If we genuinely want to enhance the qu...

  • 7 Ways to Build Number Sense

    by Janey Ross

    Here are our 7 TOP TIPS FOR BUILDING NUMBER SENSE AT HOME...

      Posted in Fluency, home education, home learning, manipulatives, Number sense

    • Number Fluency. What? Why? How?

      by Janey Ross

      Developing Number Fluency - What? Why?How?

      Posted in Number Box