Let's Talk Maths for Ages 7-9 plus CD-ROM

This series has been developed in response to the Williams Review, an independent review of mathematics teaching in the early years and primary school settings in the UK in 2008. One of its findings was that 'encouraging pupils to talk mathematically is a key component in any successful pedagogy on a whole-class basis, as a regular part of the daily mathematics lesson.'

To initiate mathematical discussion, each activity in these books starts with a whiteboard stimulus - this could be a set of mental maths questions which teachers discuss with pupils to establish strategies and techniques, or it could be a problem to solve, a pattern to continue, a set of shapes to discuss or a set of questions that the pupils have to work through in written form after the discussion. Some of the activities are deliberately short and others open-ended with thought-provoking questions outlined in the Teachers' notes, encouraging teacher-pupil and pupil to pupil interactivity. Each book features 30 activities with an introductory page showing Learning Objectives, Learning Outcomes and Success Criteria (i.e. how to make effective assessments of pupils' progress) followed by a page featuring a screenshot of the whiteboard with suggested questions, discussion points vocabulary and assessment pointers.