Maths Through Stories: Year 1 & 2 and EYFS...
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Transcript of Maths Through Stories: Year 1 & 2 and EYFS...
Aims of this Session
• To promote the teaching of mathematical language and concepts through storytelling
• Share examples of how certain books can be used to teach maths
• Share library resource lists
• Brainstorm ideas as to how books might be used to teach maths at different ability levels
Using stories and rhymes in maths provides:
• A context for learning • Relevance • Visual reinforcement • Practical application of skills • Stimulus for wanting to learn • Enjoyment and fun!
Maths lessons can also provide opportunities for:
• Introducing new vocabulary
• Reinforcing phonics skills
• Discussion of reading comprehension skills – indentifying important information etc.
Maths during Guided Reading and Writing This story problem was done as a whole group shared reading/shared writing activity with a Reception class. Children had been doing equations with their fingers and with cubes, so they were familiar with the addition sign.
They were asked to help read the problem by using their knowledge of sight words and letter sounds. The teacher used careful, leading questioning to help children find and highlight the important words, draw a picture that represented the quantities in the problem, and then to write the equation and the sentence that answers the question.
Library Resource Lists
Areas covered by each story:
Someone BIGGER
Mathematical language Ordinal numbers
Oi! Get Off Our Train!
Mathematical language Addition Multiplication
Pants!
Mathematical language Patterns Sequences
Bear In A Square Mathematical language Shape recognition Shape vocabulary
Areas covered by each story:
The Great Pet Sale
Mathematical language Addition Money
Nine Duck Nine
Mathematical language Counting on/back
The Doorbell Rang
Mathematical language Addition Division Multiplication
Someone Bigger – Jonathon Emmett
• Younger children learn simple language to compare, opposites and connectives Older children can learn the spelling of ordinal numbers
• Activities might include acting out the story with a toy kite, making kites to decorate with numbers/shapes/patterns, comparing classroom objects etc.
Oi! Get off our Train! – John Burningham
• Younger children learn ‘one more/one less’, ‘How many altogether?’ etc.
This can be extended with older children: ‘How many legs/ears/wings?’
• Activities might include making a train from chairs/cushions and acting out the story; include different animals
Pants! – Giles Andrae
• Younger children are introduced to vocabulary relating to size, colour, matching etc.
• Older children learn to make patterns and sequences with shape, colours and numbers • Activities might include making a washing line with paper pants for children to sequence; children making their own
Bear in a Square – Stella Blackstone
• Younger children are introduced to shape vocabulary, count the shapes, compare their sizes • Older children learn to sort and describe the properties of 2D shapes – number of vertices, faces, edges • Activities might include making patterns, creating art work with different coloured shapes etc.
Nine Ducks Nine – Sarah Hayes
• Younger children are introduced to counting on and back, number words etc. • Older children learn to spell tricky number words, use ordinal numbers, working out how many feet, wings, eyes etc. • Activities might include creating duck puppets to act out the story.
The Doorbell Rang – Pat Hutchins
• Younger children are introduced to counting numbers to 12. • Older children learn to share by 2, 3 and 4; discuss inverse operations; doubling/halving • Activities might include problem solving tasks, “How many cookies are needed for each child to have 2 each?”; write number stories and share out cookies.
The Great Pet Sale – Mick Inkpen
• Younger children learn to count and subtract, ‘one more, one less’. • Older children learn to work with money; addition, totals using coins etc. • Activities might include role-play, making price tags, identifying coins and making totals.
