Early Childhood Mathematics Education Research: Learning Trajectories for Young ChildrenThis important new book synthesizes relevant research on the learning of mathematics from birth into the primary grades from the full range of these complementary perspectives. Detailed descriptions of children's thinking as they learn to achieve specific goals in a mathematical domain, alongside a related set of instructional tasks designed to engender those mental processes and move children through a developmental progression of levels of thinking.
Improving Primary Mathematics: Linking Home and School (Improving Practice)How can teachers make use of the mathematics that takes place in everyday life outside school? This practical book provides the answers to key questions that are directly relevant to all primary teachers and to many parents in improving children’s understanding of mathematics. It presents a range of activities that can be used to share knowledge between children, parents and teachers, including teachers and children making videos, parents and children taking photos of the 'everyday' maths etc
An exceptionally strong skills training programme which covers language skills, phonics, and civic education skills. This six-level course offers a fast-paced syllabus and a wide range of optional resources to support a high number of teaching hours per week.
* One third of each unit is dedicated to skills training. The step-by-step approach focuses on writing and early literacy skills to build children's confidence in reading, writing, speaking, and understanding English. * One in six lessons is a phonics lesson to train children to recognize and produce English sounds.
This book is an important resource for all primary trainees. It provides an explanation of what dyslexia is and how it affects a child s learning, suggests simple activities which can be used to screen children ready for referral and outlines some easy to follow activities addressing different learning styles. It is full of practical suggestions on how to teach reading, spelling and mathematics, develop writing and help with classroom organisation for children displaying difficulties in these areas
This comprehensive account of how children acquire complex sentences investigates spontaneous speech in English-speaking children between ages two and five. After examining the acquisition of numerous types of clauses, Holger Diessel argues that the acquisition process is determined by a variety of factors.
