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...