Teaching and Learning Early Years Mathematics

Mary Briggs is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Education, University of Warwick. Mary has taught in range of special and mainstream schools. She is currently a teacher and researcher on education programmes from undergraduate to doctoral level at the University. She has acted as a consultant for a number of organisations about the learning and teaching of mathematics. Mary has written extensively about mathematics education across the early years and primary age range and passionately believes that everyone can understand and enjoy mathematics and that it can be taught in interesting and creative ways.

Accessible, good balance of theory/practice, good range of images/illustrations to bring the content to life, accessible chapter titles. In particular I have used the number chapter as a source with students. - Catherine Mary Foley, University of ReadingI like this book because it enables the reader to access a whole range of ideas, both theoretical and practical and provides useful links to relevant literature [It would be well worth Early Years Practitioners buying for themselves so that they can refer to this when planning for and assessing their pupils] I particularly like the sections on problem solving, talk and recording - all of which are key areas both in the Early Years and beyond, particularly with the requirements of the new national curriculum for mathematics. - Pauline Palmer, Manchester Metropolitan UniversityThis gives a different view of maths in that it approaches it from the subject knowledge aspect (rather than from the knowledge point of the children). This is an aspect which is often not seen by students as important for teaching young children - which, of course, it is. This book really makes that clear. - Eleanor Cockerton, University of East Anglia, I like the way progression is clear with excellent examples of practice. - Jean Knapp, Kingston University

• 1. Introduction 2. To infinity and beyond! 3. Space the final frontier! 4. Are we nearly there yet? 5. What will happen if? 6. Who has the most? 7. How can I say that? 8. How do I write that? 9. What does this do? 10. What happens next? Glossary Index References