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Play-based STEM in

the Early YearsNumeracy Conference 2018

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eKey Messages

Play-based STEM allows pupils to explore mathematical and science strands, language and skills.

Playful teaching involves planning for both teacher-led and child-led play.

Teacher interactions play a key role in assessing play-based maths.

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Why STEM?“Stimulating curiosity and fostering a sense of wonder are essential elements of educating our students from the earliest years. Science and mathematics provide answers to the fundamental questions of nature and enable us to understandthe world around us. The STEM disciplines enable us to understand, measure, design andadvance our physical world (Report on STEM Education, 2016).”

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• Play Pedagogy• Teacher – led Vs. Child – led play• Language Play

– Picture Books

• Games with Rules Play– Strands

• Child – led Play Overview– Interactions– Skills– Assessment

Today’s Workshop

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building partnershipsbetween parents and

practitioners

learning and developing through

interactions

learning and developing through

play

supporting learning and development

through assessment

Playful teaching

and learning all day

Child-led play

session

10 minute promise

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Words should be used in meaningful

contexts between ten and fifteen times.

(Allen, 1999)Students must be exposed to

a word about six times to adequately learn a new word

in context. (Jenkins, Stein, Wysocki, 1984)

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STEM Content? Appropriate Level?

Opportunities to introduce and

reinforce mathematical and

science vocabulary?

Opportunities to think and reason

mathematically and scientifically?

Build appreciation of both STEM and

literature?

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Night, Light, Sleep Tight

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STEMMaths Skills

•Applying and problem-solving

•Communicating and expressing

•Integrating and connecting

•Reasoning

•Implementing•Understanding and recalling

Science SkillsWorking Scientifically:QuestioningObservingPredictingInvestigating and experimentingEstimating and measuringAnalysing - Sorting and classifyingRecording and communicatingDesigning and making:ExploringPlanningMakingCommunicating

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Maths

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Sorting Materials p.20

Ready, Set, Go -Maths

Worms p. 37

Measures

Tree Diagram with Magnets p. 18

Data

Play Mat p. 27

Shape and Space

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Physical

Interactions

Creative

Skills

Pretend

Assessment

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What is still going around in your head?

What is squared away?

What 3 activities will you use in your classroom?

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Follow @PDSTNumeracyon Twitter.

Share your pictures, comments and feedback from today. #pdstmathscon18

@PDSTNumeracy

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• http://dmsnew.pdst.ie/school/register

Roll No:

Password: schoolsupport2017

School Support

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School-Self EvaluationTeaching & Learning Framework; 6 Step SSE Process; gathering, collating & analysing relevant data; implementing the SIP for

literacy, numeracy and any other area of teaching & learning.

Health and Wellbeing➢SPHE including Child Protection and Stay

Safe➢Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE)➢Active Learning Methodologies ➢Anti Bullying-Procedures and Policy,

Awareness Raising, Prevention and Intervention Strategies

➢ PE➢ Wellbeing for teachers

PDST Websites

➢www.pdst.ie➢pdsttechnologyineducation.ie➢scoilnet.ie (portal for resources)➢teachercpd.ie (on-line courses)➢ollscoil.net (ITE students awards)

Overview of PDST Primary Supports for Leading Learning in the 21st Century

www.pdst.ie/schoolsupport

Models of support:in-school support (in-class modeling, meeting principal/groups of teachers, Croke Park hrs), seminars, workshops, clusters

Literacy SSE & strategies for improving

oral language, writing, reading and the use of broadcast /digital

media.

NumeracySSE & strategies for improving

numeracy. Supporting the development of Mathematical

thinking.

GaeilgeTacaíocht chun Curaclam na Gaeilge a

chur i bhfeidhm i Scoileanna T1&T2, Féinmheastóireacht Scoile, chomh maith le tacaíocht lán Ghaeilge a sholáthar do

Ghaelscoileanna agus scoileanna sa Ghaeltacht.

Integrating ICT - Primary➢Active Learning Methodologies- Key methodologies of the primary curriculum through the effective use of ICT.➢Literacy & Numeracy – Creating, developing and using ICT to create teaching resources in all areas of primary literacy and numeracy.➢SSE – Online tools for gathering, collating & analysing relevant data.➢eAssessment & ePortfolios – Assessment of / for learning with ICT.➢ePlanning & Collaboration – Google Apps for Education.➢Tablet Technology Integration – Pedagogy, Curriculum & SEN ➢Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) – Google Classroom, Edmodo

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