Description
Book SynopsisChildren are born with an ability to make sense of the world through play and storytelling. By creating narratives during fantasy play, children act out concepts and ideas that confuse them or that they find fascinating. Dramatic Mathematics consists of five stories and accompanying exercises to support teachers in Key Stage 1 to take a playful, story-based approach to introduce early mathematical concepts that children often struggle with.
The stories are all set in the Kingdom of Sunobia and follow the journey of kings and sorceresses, an evil ship owner and a girl called Lily, who is exceptionally clever and very good at maths. Accompanied by playful illustrations and teachers notes, each story presents a different aspect of the Key Stage 1 maths curriculum enabling teachers to engage their pupils emotionally and bring the topic of maths to life.
Offering a wide range of stimulating ideas for developing learners' mathematical thinking and understanding, these
Trade Review
“This is a charming book which would be a great addition to the collection of any teacher of four to eight year olds and I recommend it highly.”
- Jenni Bach
“I am delighted that the stories have now been published by Routledge and are now accessible to more teachers who will I hope be inspired to use them to bring maths to life for the children they teach.”
- Linda Pound
Table of ContentsForeword Linda Pound Putting it all into context by Trisha Lee How to use Dramatic Mathematics Curriculum Links The Stories Story 1: A Little or a Lot – a story about counting and place value Story 2: Go Backwards – a story about subtraction Story 3: Ask the Ruler – a story about standard and non-standard measurement Story 4: A River Always Finds its Way – a story about Directional and Positional language Story 5: Fair Share – a story about revision and fractions
