I am a retired head teacher with a passion for writing and discovering the most effective methods of helping children learn. My local primary school is Tonypandy and you will find me there two afternoons each week working with groups of children.
My main areas of focus are Maths with the emphasis on the early years and English, especially drama.
I am a retired head teacher with a passion for writing and discovering the most effective methods of helping children learn. My local primary school is Tonypandy and you will find me there two afternoons each week working with groups of children.
My main areas of focus are Maths with the emphasis on the early years and English, especially drama.
Book 1 and 2 of Child's Play Maths is a program that introduces maths concepts to children through the natural process of play, games and open ended activities. Adopting this approach through the medium of Cuisenaire rods, the most precise arithmetical model ever devised, ensures young children gain an understanding of maths concepts generally considered too advanced for them.
The rods themselves embrace all the learning styles and provide links to language and art. They help children access the most powerful abilities the brain possesses and this ‘brain friendly’ approach is often referred to as ‘whole brain’ or ‘accelerated’ learning.
Child's Play Maths consists of over 60 units of work and is applicable to every year group. It has also been eused successfully with parents who failed to grasp maths concepts the first time around.
This program is not just about maths – it is about learning, specifically learning how to learn. Through interaction with the program your child will acquire generic learning skills that will stand him/her in good stead whatever activity he/she is engaged in.
“I love this approach to teaching math with my students. . .”
Eugenia B. (Teacher)
“This is a wonderful program. . . I highly recommend this product and this ingenious approach to Math.” Christine Hindle – The Old Schoolhouse Magazine.
Units covered in Part One alone include:
UNIT 1 About Cuisenaire Rods
UNIT 2 Cuisenaire Rods & the School
Curriculum
UNIT 3 Incidental Learning
UNIT 4 Vocabulary
UNIT 5 Important Words and Phrases
UNIT 6 Developing Memory Recall
UNIT 7 Mental Imaging Games
UNIT 8 Cardinal Number.
UNIT 9 Staircases
UNIT 10 Staircases and Mental Agility.
UNIT 11 Extended Staircases
UNIT 12 Staircases and Multiplication
UNIT 13 Language Development.
UNIT 14 Introducing Signs +
UNIT 15 Signs < >
UNIT 16 Signs =
UNIT 17 Brackets.
UNIT 18 Signs -
UNIT 19 Signs x
UNIT 20 Signs ÷
UNIT 21 Signs: Fractions as Operators
UNIT 22 Reviewing Where We’ve Been
UNIT 23 The Importance of Questions
UNIT 24 Partitions of Length
UNIT 25 Families of Equivalent Factors and
Products
UNIT 26 Families of Equivalent Subtraction
UNIT 27 Families of Equivalent Fractions
UNIT 28 The First Phase: An Overview
“I love this approach to teaching math with my students. . .”
Eugenia B. (Teacher)
“This is a wonderful program. . . I highly recommend this product and this ingenious approach to Math.” Christine Hindle – The Old Schoolhouse Magazine.
Book 2 of Child’s Play Math (ages 7 – 11) builds upon and extends concepts discovered in Book 1 through play, games, open ended tasks and challenges.
Download links to our fantastic Cuisenaire Rods app are included (Windows only).
Topics are covered in units and include:
• the Associative and Commutative properties of addition;
• Mental Substitution;
• Families of Equivalent addition;
• Families if Equivalent Difference;
• Families of Equivalent Fractions;
• Factor Families;
• Families of Equivalent Quotients;
• Families of equivalent Products;
• Reciprocal Fractions.
Books I and 2 of Child’s Play Math are comprised of 64 units.
This program embraces all the learning styles and promotes Whole Brain or Accelerated Learning.
