Mathematical Development
Maths at Woodcroft is about:
- Building the vocabulary of number, size, shape, weight, capacity and position through play
- Looking for patterns
- Learning about adding and subtracting through number rhymes, stories and through everyday experiences
- Developing an awareness of the numbers all around us
- Exploring boxes, bricks, block play and construction toys
- learning about one-to-one correspondence
- Comparing, ordering, thinking, exploring ideas and problem solving
- Drawing on experiences and talking about ideas and choices
- Having staff who recognise the potential for incidental mathematical learning everywhere!