Back to school. Monday morning is pattern block play. Filling the big dodecagon was initiated by 2 children, then 2 more joined it when it came to adding the squares. The inner dodecagon was quite tough to do since they wanted it to have the big yellow hexagon in the middle.

Ooh, setting up for the morning play. Never made this one before myself! Can't believe 10 years into using pattern blocks I'm still finding new things...

If you’re interested in young children’s thinking - take 3mins to watch just one of these & wonder how we support this mathematical development.
#earlyyears #maths

Back in the 1960's we had a team of staff delivering training to teachers in how to use the Cuisenaire Rods in the classroom. Nowadays we have this wonderful link to share with you, with permission from Caroline Ainsworth.
cuisenaire.co.uk/cuisenaire-rod…

What a joy it must be to be a child in Jacob Merrill 's classroom. Classroom culture of playfulness, risk taking, trust... comes out of everything he shared. ☺️

Here is the full John Holt quote which I fear I completely messed up in reply to Dr Laurie Jacques (she/her)
We teachers - perhaps all human beings - are in the grip of an astonishing delusion.

The LUMEN Curriculum – a complete, editable free set of research-informed mathematics teaching materials for ages 11-14 is launched today! Go to lboro.ac.uk/services/lumen… to view the resources, where you can also watch a short video with more details. Centre for Mathematical Cognition Research England

Our school mathematics programme is now 3 years since IB PYP implementation and 5 yrs since startup. We have some thinking and lessons I would be happy to share... Are others interested in how we have organised PYP mathematics approaches? #pyp International Baccalaureate Could blog if all?

Calling all mathematics educators!

bit.ly/mathsedbeliefs

What are your beliefs about mathematics, learning and teaching? If you teach mathematics to learners from birth to university age, please complete a 10-minute survey to support this research.

Please RT!!

#benjaminzplantz

It's not too late to sign up for the first CPD micro event and receive your publication voucher. Playful Mathematics: what is it and why might it be important? with leader Helen Williams Dr Helen J not moving on Williams 🇪🇺🐦 Tuesday 21 November 2023, 17:00 - 18:15. Find out more: buff.ly/3QFaCVy

This really is a well-spent and excellent **FREE** 40 mins from Dr Sue Gifford on what research tells us is important in #earlymaths . Great if you are a KS2 maths lead: youtube.com/watch?v=d6LBPW…

Hello #earlyyears tweeps- quick question- what #maths progression documents have you been asked for (or to produce) - by your school / academy or by Ofsted?

'mAtH iSn'T pOlItIcAl! iT's jUsT fAcTs!'

Cool! Then you should have no problem no longer calling it 'the Pythagorean Theorem.'

**splutters in Western supremacist**
iflscience.com/pythagorean-th…

The 13 countries listed in this thread, which have all experienced flooding in the last week, contain about half the world’s population.

Youngest kid has just finished a term at the PRU (for challenging behaviour). His reading has improved by over a year since Easter 😱

It's almost like putting a child in a situation where they are supported and can better regulate themselves, improves their ability to learn? ;)