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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 so far, there are many of you feeling a little conflicted.

Can you relate?

• You know that a deep understanding of these numbers is essential for children to progress with fluency and confidence
• BUT, you may also feel they're ready to move on. You've done so much work on 1-5 last term and you're worried they will become bored and disengaged?

How do you 'square this circle'?

If this resonates with you then read on...

(IMPORTANT: What I'll share with you here will be relevant to you if you teach 3-6 year olds+ too).

To know whether your children really ARE ready to move on, your first question needs to be:

• What are the...

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 recipe book, whereas investing in your knowledge and skills is like going on a cooking course.

Simply buying the latest recipe books will not make you a better cook.

Teaching Maths effectively is just the same.

EYMaths isn't another 'recipe book' instead we aim to offer you the very BEST cookery course you could wish for.

So let's start uncovering what 'you didn't know you didn't know' about teaching 'Composition of Number'.

Understanding the 'Composition of a Number' is what leads to our ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide. It's vital we as educators know this is the destination or we may, mistakenly miss that we're providing a vital step here...