It offers questions to ask at each stage to prompt children's thinking, and, crucially, gives suggestions about how to fun the plenary and help children reflect on what they have learned. The emphasis throughout is on problem solving. The lessons encourage children to use and apply a range of mental strategies. The wonderfully illustrated brainteasers will challenge and fascinate anyone from Year 6 upwards. It's always refreshing to offer children new contexts for learning basic number sills and mental strategies.
Dominoes are a simple classroom resource packed with potential for group and whole-class activities.
The book offers activities for Reception to Year 4, covering mathematical topics ranging from data-handling to number properties. All activities suggest questions to ask and vocabulary to use, as well as identifying the underlying mathematics. Packed with stimulating activities to get children in Year 6 and upwards really thinking about mathematics, by making generalisations, constructing and proving mathematical arguments and developing problem-solving strategies. Give the book to more able mathematicians to work on by themselves, or use it as a source of investigation ideas. A huge double-nine set for use throughout the school.