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.
Cardinal Number is the eighth video in the series supporting the Child's Play Maths programme. No more counting on fingers once children have grasped this important concept.
The series is comprised of over 60 sequential videos and follows the programme outlined in Child's Play Maths. Each video provides a practical tutorial using the software app available from the Help Your Child store.
The programme itself adopts a radical and practical approach to the introduction and teaching of maths concepts and is compatible with any school curriculum. Understanding is achieved via play, games and open-ended tasks and challenges.
The programme utilises Cuisenaire Rods universally regarded as the most complete arithmetical model ever devised. Sadly their potential is rarely explored.
Child's Play Maths is designed to introduce maths concepts to children from the age of 5 years through to the age of 11 years. It can equally be used as an effective 'catch-up' program for older children or adults who struggled to grasp maths concepts the first time round.
Because of its unique approach embracing all the learning styles children are able to master maths concepts generally considered 'too difficult' for them.
The first four videos are available for free.
Videos will subsequently be available in groups of four on a monthly basis. Together they comprise a full year’s course.
Staircases is the ninth video in the series supporting the Child's Play Maths programme. The video explains why staircases created with the Cuisenaire Rods are such potent mathematical constructions.The series is comprised of over 60 sequential videos and follows the programme outlined in Child's Play Maths. Each video provides a practical tutorial using the software app available from the Help Your Child store.
The programme itself adopts a radical and practical approach to the introduction and teaching of maths concepts and is compatible with any school curriculum. Understanding is achieved via play, games and open-ended tasks and challenges.
The programme utilises Cuisenaire Rods universally regarded as the most complete arithmetical model ever devised. Sadly their potential is rarely explored.
Child's Play Maths is designed to introduce maths concepts to children from the age of 5 years through to the age of 11 years. It can equally be used as an effective 'catch-up' program for older children or adults who struggled to grasp maths concepts the first time round.
Because of its unique approach embracing all the learning styles children are able to master maths concepts generally considered 'too difficult' for them.
The first four videos are available for free.
Videos will subsequently be available in groups of four on a monthly basis. Together they comprise a full year’s course.
Mental Agility is the tenth video in the series supporting the Child's Play Math programme. Developing mental agility in your child will accelerate his ability to grasp mathematical concepts.The series is comprised of over 60 sequential videos and follows the programme outlined in Child's Play Maths. Each video provides a practical tutorial using the software app available from the Help Your Child store.
The programme itself adopts a radical and practical approach to the introduction and teaching of maths concepts and is compatible with any school curriculum. Understanding is achieved via play, games and open-ended tasks and challenges.
The programme utilises Cuisenaire Rods universally regarded as the most complete arithmetical model ever devised. Sadly their potential is rarely explored.
Child's Play Maths is designed to introduce maths concepts to children from the age of 5 years through to the age of 11 years. It can equally be used as an effective 'catch-up' program for older children or adults who struggled to grasp maths concepts the first time round.
Because of its unique approach embracing all the learning styles children are able to master maths concepts generally considered 'too difficult' for them.
The first four videos are available for free.
Videos will subsequently be available in groups of four on a monthly basis. Together they comprise a full year’s course.
Cinderella’s Staircase is the eleventh video in the series supporting the Child's Play Maths programme. The video explains how ‘staircases’ can be extended beyond the first ten colours/numbers to infinity.The series is comprised of over 60 sequential videos and follows the programme outlined in Child's Play Maths. Each video provides a practical tutorial using the software app available from the Help Your Child store.
The programme itself adopts a radical and practical approach to the introduction and teaching of maths concepts and is compatible with any school curriculum. Understanding is achieved via play, games and open-ended tasks and challenges.
The programme utilises Cuisenaire Rods universally regarded as the most complete arithmetical model ever devised. Sadly their potential is rarely explored.
Child's Play Maths is designed to introduce maths concepts to children from the age of 5 years through to the age of 11 years. It can equally be used as an effective 'catch-up' program for older children or adults who struggled to grasp maths concepts the first time round.
Because of its unique approach embracing all the learning styles children are able to master maths concepts generally considered 'too difficult' for them.
The first four videos are available for free.
Videos will subsequently be available in groups of four on a monthly basis. Together they comprise a full year’s course.
Staircases and Mutiplication is the twelfth video in the series supporting the Child's Play Maths programme. Each multiplication table has a distinct pattern that can be revealed by the rods.The series is comprised of over 60 sequential videos and follows the programme outlined in Child's Play Maths. Each video provides a practical tutorial using the software app available from the Help Your Child store.
The programme itself adopts a radical and practical approach to the introduction and teaching of maths concepts and is compatible with any school curriculum. Understanding is achieved via play, games and open-ended tasks and challenges.
The programme utilises Cuisenaire Rods universally regarded as the most complete arithmetical model ever devised. Sadly their potential is rarely explored.
Child's Play Maths is designed to introduce maths concepts to children from the age of 5 years through to the age of 11 years. It can equally be used as an effective 'catch-up' program for older children or adults who struggled to grasp maths concepts the first time round.
Because of its unique approach embracing all the learning styles children are able to master maths concepts generally considered 'too difficult' for them.
The first four videos are available for free.
Videos will subsequently be available in groups of four on a monthly basis. Together they comprise a full year’s course.
Introducing Signs: Addition + is the fourteenth video in the series supporting the Child's Play Maths programme. The video explains how to introduce the concept of addition.The series is comprised of over 60 sequential videos and follows the programme outlined in Child's Play Maths. Each video provides a practical tutorial using the software app available from the Help Your Child store.
The programme itself adopts a radical and practical approach to the introduction and teaching of maths concepts and is compatible with any school curriculum. Understanding is achieved via play, games and open-ended tasks and challenges.
The programme utilises Cuisenaire Rods universally regarded as the most complete arithmetical model ever devised. Sadly their potential is rarely explored.
Child's Play Maths is designed to introduce maths concepts to children from the age of 5 years through to the age of 11 years. It can equally be used as an effective 'catch-up' program for older children or adults who struggled to grasp maths concepts the first time round.
Because of its unique approach embracing all the learning styles children are able to master maths concepts generally considered 'too difficult' for them.
The first four videos are available for free.
Videos will subsequently be available in groups of four on a monthly basis. Together they comprise a full year’s course.
Introducing Signs: Greater Than > Less Than < is the fifteenth video in the series supporting the Child's Play Maths programme. The video explains how to introduce the concept ‘greater than’ and ‘less than’.The series is comprised of over 60 sequential videos and follows the programme outlined in Child's Play Maths. Each video provides a practical tutorial using the software app available from the Help Your Child store.
The programme itself adopts a radical and practical approach to the introduction and teaching of maths concepts and is compatible with any school curriculum. Understanding is achieved via play, games and open-ended tasks and challenges.
The programme utilises Cuisenaire Rods universally regarded as the most complete arithmetical model ever devised. Sadly their potential is rarely explored.
Child's Play Maths is designed to introduce maths concepts to children from the age of 5 years through to the age of 11 years. It can equally be used as an effective 'catch-up' program for older children or adults who struggled to grasp maths concepts the first time round.
Because of its unique approach embracing all the learning styles children are able to master maths concepts generally considered 'too difficult' for them.
The first four videos are available for free.
Videos will subsequently be available in groups of four on a monthly basis. Together they comprise a full year’s course.
Units 17–20 of the Child’s Play Maths Video Tutorials.
Brackets is the seventeenth video in the series supporting the Child's Play Math 1 & 2 programme. The video shows how to introduce brackets with the 'say it quick' technique..
Introducing Signs: Subtraction is the eighteenth video in the series supporting the Child's Play Maths 1 & 2 programme. The video explains how to introduce the concept of subtraction.
Introducing Signs: Multiplication > Less Than, is the nineteenth video in the series supporting the Child's Play Maths 1 & 2 programme. The video explains how to introduce the concept of multiplication.
Introducing Signs: Division is the twentieth video in the series supporting the Child's Play Maths 1 & 2 programme. The video explains how to introduce the foundational mathematical concept of division. The programme itself adopts a radical and practical approach to the introduction and teaching of maths concepts and is compatible with any school curriculum. Understanding is achieved via play, games and open-ended tasks and challenges.
The programme utilises Cuisenaire Rods universally regarded as the most complete arithmetical model ever devised. Sadly their potential is rarely explored.
Child's Play Maths is designed to introduce maths concepts to children from the age of 5 years through to the age of 11 years. It can equally be used as an effective 'catch-up' programme for older children or adults who struggled to grasp maths concepts the first time round.
Because of its unique approach embracing all the learning styles children are able to master maths concepts generally considered 'too difficult' for them.
The first four videos are available for free.
Videos will subsequently be available in groups of four on a monthly basis. Together they comprise a full year’s course.
The bundle also includes the accompanying Powerpoint Presentations.
Child's Play Maths teaches maths concepts through play, games and open ended tasks and challenges. Fun and understanding are the key principles.
In this bundle you will receive:
Child's Play Maths Book One (PDF format) - This covers the first 29 Units for Reception through Key Stage 1.
The Cuisenaire Rods App - this is the app used to create the tutorials. Children love using it. The download link is included in the Book One Manual
29 Video Tutorials - each Unit demonstrated with the app.
29 PPT Presentations covering each video presentation.
Unit Topics:
Unit 1: About Cuisenaire Rods
Unit 2: Cuisenaire Rods and 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: Mental Agility
Unit 11: Cinderella’s Staircase
Unit 12: Staircases and Multiplication
Unit 13: Language Development and Maths
Unit 14: Introducing Signs: Addition +
Unit 15: Introducing Signs: Greater Than > Less Than
Unit 16: Introducing Signs: Equivalence =
Unit 17: Brackets
Unit 18: Introducing Signs: Subtraction
Unit 19: Introducing Signs: Multiplication,
Unit 20: Introducing Signs: Division
Unit 21: Signs – Fractions as Operators
Unit 22: Reviewing
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
Unit 29: Getting Organised and Moving On
This short manual provides step by step instructions on how to use the Cuisenaire Rods Software App .
On Page 2 is a link that will allow you to access the software for free.
You can learn more about this exciting resource from the free video available from my shop.
Algebra Before Arithmetic is the fourth video in the series supporting the Child's Play Maths
The video explains why it is far easier to introduce maths concepts to young children using letter names (algebra) rather than number.
This is the first of 63 videos that comprise a complete course for the introduction of maths concepts to young and older children aged 5 to 11 years. It is designed so children can work at their own pace. The first four videos are available for free.
Future videos will be made available in sets of four with accompanying Power Point Presentations.
The course has also been used as an effective 'catch up' programme for older children and adults who failed to grasp maths concepts the first time round.
The hands on play based nature of the programme enables children to learn the way that suits them best as it embraces all the learning styles.
Children using this programme invariably acquire an understanding of concepts normally considered far too difficult for them.
