Initially Di delivered this as a keynote for an Early Education meeting in Sheffield but since then it has been expanded into a whole day on Talk for Maths Mastery! The keynote looked at the fundamentals of mathematical development asking the questions;
- How do children learn about numbers?
- How does mathematical thinking develop?
- How do children make sense of all the complex, meaningless symbols and codes which surround then and on which they will be taught and assessed in the first 60+ months of life?
It explores the mathematical journey of the child including language and talk, play, creating and thinking critically and sustained shared thinking and how practitioners and teachers can tune into children’s understanding and develop maths mastery.
What people said?
Thank you for opening my eyes! It has really helped with our assessment
Several of my practitioners attended the recent Early Years Conference on Friday and were impressed by the seminar you led. Thank- you
You do really inspire people to change hearts and minds! Our FS1 has an air of buzz and excitement. I now need to put that place for FS2.
I attended the EYFS conference yesterday. It was good to hear someone speak with passion and very inspiring for my whole team! Having recently been an AHT for EYFS & KS1 you have inspired my vision, thank you