Unit 10 emergent maths

What is emergent maths

• Words

• Early maths skills

what can we do to embed maths in every day life?

• count our steps when walking somewhere

• watch tv

• use mathematical language like oh thats a big ball

what is dyscalculia?

• struggles with telling the time

• cannot recognise numbers

• understanding number concepts

what is a biological factor affecting emergent maths?

• brain damage

• cognitive impairments

• broken arm

what are the environmental factors affecting emergent maths?

• socio economic factors

• parents and carers

• attitudes of those around them towards maths

• all of the above

how many aspects of maths is there within the eyfs

• 2

• 3

• 4

what are these aspects?

• Shape Space Measure

• Volume and Capacity

• Numbers

which theorist developed the theory of scaffolding, and the zone of proximal development

• Lev Vygotsky

• Noam Chomsky

• Jean Piaget

• Margaret McMillan

what is scaffolding?

• zone of proximal developmnent

• building a house

• metal work on a building site

• planning activities that involve what child can do on their own but also what they can learn through the help of others

what aspect does volume and capacity come under?

• shape space measure

• numbers