Understand how concepts of mathematics relate to children’s everyday lives
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What is a mathematical concept?
A maths problem
A maths curriculum
An idea or thought about numbers and their relationships
What mathematical concepts should children learn in their early years?Select the four correct answers.
Simple addition
Number recognition
Fractions
Multiplication
Ratios
Counting
Simple subtraction
Which of the following factors negatively affect children’s learning of mathematical concepts? Select the three correct answers.
Children being told they are wrong
Using maths in all areas of the setting
Lack of opportunities taken to introduce concepts
Practitioner’s lack of confidence
Which of the statements below is correct?
Children learn best when practitioners take everyday experiences and use them to introduce mathematical concepts.
Children learn best when practitioners prepare worksheets that provide them with number and calculation practice.
Drag and drop the words into the correct gaps.
By providing frequent and varied to build and apply this understanding - such as using manipulatives, including small and tens frames for organising - children will develop a secure base of knowledge and from which mastery of mathematics is built. (EYFS Statutory Framework)
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