Learning tables Times tables are fundamental maths facts. It is very difficult to be confident and do maths well if they are not known. Not knowing them causes anxiety and even resentment. Traditional methods may drill the facts into learners, but they don’t always stick and offer no way of ‘working out’ the answers. I … Read more

This article is about addition and subtraction. They are foundational skills in mathematics, but they themselves depend upon a good number sense. This is the ability to recognise and understand the value of numbers. It’s also about the relationships between them. It’s about how they can be combined or separated. With strong number sense, your … Read more

This is not so much about why, but more about how you should count with your child. Many of the ideas covered here come from Fosnot & Dolk, 2001. Maths is a broad topic that has many descriptions. It is all things to all people. I’m going to offer my opinion and say this it … Read more