Welcome!
BooleanMathsHubConference
Let’sPlay!MathsGamesfor4–6
YearOlds
th
Saturday14 January2017
SueRayner(NorthSomersetEarlyYears
Consultant)
[email protected]
WorkshopAims
•  Toconsiderthevalueofgames
•  Toshareideasandresourcesforsimple
mathsgamesdesignedtopromotechildren’s
mathemaTcaldevelopment
•  Toexploretheroleoftheadultwhenplaying
gameswithchildren.
WhyPlayGames?
• 
GamesprovideamoTvaTngandplayfulcontextinwhich
childrencandeveloptheirmathemaTcalknowledge,skillsand
understanding.
• 
GamesprovidechildrenwithopportuniTestolearnfromand
withothersandcanhelpthemtodevelop/maintainaposiTve
aZtudetowardsmathemaTcs.
• 
Gamesprovideanopportunityforchildrentodeveloptheir
mathemaTcalvocabularyandabilitytoexplaintheirthinking.
‘Children’sthinkingo\enbecomesapparentthroughthe
acTonsanddecisionstheymakeduringagame,sothe
teacherhastheopportunitytocarryoutdiagnosisand
assessmentoflearninginanon-threateningsituaTon’(Way
2011).
Let’sPlay!
•  TreasureGame
•  Highest‘Teen’NumberPontoon
•  Raceto20
•  Raceto☐
•  SteertheNumber
•  Pa^ernPython
PublicaTon
TheRoleoftheAdult
AdultshaveacrucialroleinsupporTngchildren
totalkaboutthemathemaTcsinvolvedinthe
games.
•  Modelvocabulary
•  Recastincorrectvocabulary
•  Encouragechildrentotalkinfullphrases/
sentencesasappropriate
•  Thinkaloud.
MathemaTcalReasoning
“Thequalityofchildren’smathemaTcal
reasoningandconceptualunderstandingis
significantlyenhancediftheyareconsistently
expectedtousecorrectmathemaTcal
terminology...andtoexplaintheir
mathemaTcalthinkingincompletesentences.”
NCETM2015:p.17