The thing we don't talk about much in early maths

Part part whole concrete activity building ‘sticky’ prior knowledge

Why does a child seem to get it in the lesson and lose it by next week? It's rarely the concept itself. It's usually something underneath that is so small and so familiar to us as adults that we can't see it any more.

A new piece on what makes early maths stick (and why Foundation to Year 2 is a special case).

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