Praise indeed….

This month just a quick blog.

I was asked to go into Bright Starts Nursery in Perth to inspire and raise the confidence of staff to support children to explore mathematics and numeracy,

The joint feedback I got was praise indeed. Fantastic session and it is not often on a Saturday, that people just not want to STOP learning and exploring on a training course.

"The training was very informative, it made us realise that we are surrounded by mathematical opportunities in our everyday life, both indoor and outdoor. We really enjoyed how Kate blended between indoor and outdoor, and Kate just knew when it was the right time to change between the two, keeping our concentration levels peaked throughout the session. Kate delivered a really fun session, it was great that we also got to learn through play. I've now got a new love for mathematics that I never knew that I had."

We explored:

• The full range of Early Level Mathematics & Numeracy concepts

• Delivering Maths & numeracy in context (e.g. planting and growing/ things we find in our landscape)

• Cross curricular links (e.g musical maths)

• Game creation and its links to maths/numeracy

• Encouraging children to create their own mathematics & numeracy resources.