This new and updated edition of Teaching Mathematics Creatively offers a range of strategies to enable trainee and practising teachers to take an innovative, playful and creative approach to maths teaching. It promotes creativity as a key element of practice and offers ideas to involve your students and develop knowledge, understanding and enjoyment. Exploring fresh approaches, this text explains the role of play in bringing mathematics alive for children and teachers alike. It identifies the power of story-telling in supporting mathematical thinking, examines cross-curricular teaching, and allows you to plan for teaching creatively. Imaginative ideas, underpinned by the latest research and theory, include: Learning maths outdoors - make more noise, make more mess or work on a larger scale Everyday maths - making sense of the numbers, patterns, shapes and measures children see around them Music and maths the role of rhythm in learning, and music and pattern in maths Giant maths - how much food do you include on a giant shopping list? Stimulating and accessible, with contemporary and cutting-edge practice at the forefront, Teaching Mathematics Creatively includes a wealth of innovative ideas to enthuse teachers and enrich maths teaching. This book is an essential purchase for any professional who wishes to embed creative approaches to teaching in their classroom.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Learning To Teach in the Primary School .

This book was published in 2015 by Taylor & Francis Ltd .

Linda Pound is a bestselling author and early years consultant, formerly Academic Leader for Early Childhood at London Metropolitan University, and also a headteachers and local authority inspector. Steve Bowkett is a full-time writer, trainer and creative writing tutor. He has 18 years' experience as an English teacher and has published 40 books. Tim Harding taught in primary schools for 23 years, 15 of these as a headteacher and is now a freelance educational writer and song-writer. Trisha Lee is artistic director and founder of MakeBelieve Arts a theatre and education company with a primary focus on story telling and drama in the classroom. Roy Leighton links the worlds of creativity, commerce and learning. His work ranges from lecturing on complexity, confi dence and organisational evolution to running sustainable development programs for schools and businesses throughout Europe