12 Maths Ideas For Home Learning (For Children Up to 5 Years Old)

Learn how simple, everyday activities can be transformed into delightful opportunities for developing essential math skills. From counting fingers and toes to exploring the wonders of nature, this blog post is your guide to making math a joyous adventure for your little one. Send your own ideas to help me support more children and their families.

Reception Areas of Learning: Mathematics

This year marks a new beginning in my career as I will be teaching in Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) at Cippenham School. Today, I explore numeracy in this new setting, I bring ideas to create adventures with our little learners, fostering a love for mathematics that will last a lifetime.

Numerical Cognition: How Do Young Children’s Brains Work?

Learn about the infants' numerical cognition through the revolutionary research of Professor Karen Wynn and other prominent researchers. In this post, we briefly explain the studies that unveiled infants' innate numerical sensitivity and their astonishing ability to perform simple arithmetic operations.

Early Numeracy: Infants’ Discrimination Abilities

Discover infants' discrimination abilities and their significance in early cognitive development. From distinguishing between different visual and auditory stimuli to showing numerical sensitivity, young children exhibit remarkable perceptual skills from an early age. Explore the implications for their future mathematical learning. This article dives into the developmental trajectory of numerical sensitivity and offers engaging activities for educators and parents to stimulate young children's numerical skills.

Early Numerical Sensitivity in Children

Discover the early numerical sensitivity in children and witness the remarkable world of their mathematical development. Learn how young minds grasp numerical concepts, from infancy to early primary school years. This article explores child development, learning and numeracy from the lens of reputable professionals and their research.

Early Numeracy: Simple Arithmetic Operations

Learn about Karen Wynn's revolutionary research on early numerical development. Discover how even the youngest children possess innate mathematical abilities, and explore practical strategies to nurture their numerical sensitivity. This article will be help for both parents and educators understand how young children learn maths.