Evidence for Learning: Evidence-informed and engaging maths in the early years with children aged 3 – 7 years

Evidence-informed and engaging maths in the early years with children aged 3 – 7 years

E4L professional development kit

Evidence for Learning have produced a set of professional development (PD) kits on priority topics, supporting leaders in school and ECE settings to deliver high-quality PD for educators. These kits are informed by the best available global evidence and include activities to help put evidence into practice.

This PD kit supports leaders to introduce educators to:

  • The evidence on maths in the early years from E4L’s Guidance Report on maths with children aged 3 – 7 years.
  • Practical, evidence-informed strategies for maths in the early years such as embedding maths throughout the day, making the most of storybooks, and using manipulatives and representations.

This PD kit supports the facilitation of 3x PD sessions (2x 30 minutes, 1x 35 minutes) designed to be delivered by a facilitator with a group of educators in ECE or lower primary settings. Between each session, educators will have the opportunity to try new evidence-informed strategies.

On this page you will find:

  • The PD kit guide for facilitators to support their preparation for delivery and reflect on alignment with their setting, and considerations for monitoring and embedding practice over time
  • Slide decks for each session with speaking notes, discussion prompts, activities and videos
  • Templates to support activities in the sessions
  • Links to further resources.

PD kit guide

Session 1: Using storybooks

Session 2: Maths throughout the day

Session 3: Using manipulatives and representations

Acknowledgement

E4L acknowledges and thanks the researchers and educators who provided input into this PD kit and resources on maths in the early years.

This PD kit and supporting materials were prepared by Evidence for Learning and are licensed under a Creative Commons licence as outlined below. Permission may be granted for derivatives, please contact Evidence for Learning for more information.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution‑NonCommercial‑NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence.

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