Lately I've noticed a significant rise in the number of posts where practitioners express their concern that their school has moved towards what is being described as a very 'formal' style of teaching with 4-5 year olds.

This is, and should be, of great concern to everyone involved not only in the ...

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This term, teaching 'Numbers 1-5' is the focus in many of our most well-known Maths schemes. 

BUT what if you feel that your children already have this knowledge and are ready to move on?

From the posts shared on social media groups s...

It doesn't matter which Maths scheme you use (or whether you have a scheme in place or not), what matters is what YOU as the educator know (your subject knowledge) and understand (your pedagogy) about the Maths you're teaching and the ways it's most effectively taught.

Think of a scheme as like a r...

Can you relate?

You have to have been a practitioner yourself to understand the strange, wonderful (and often overwhelming) experience of spending time in your setting without the children.

For those of us who have an extended time away from the children over the summer break, one of the first thi...