Nursery World - Maths in the home corner

Help children feel at home with mathematics by offering them the appropriate resources, routines for using them and adult encouragement, says Jane Drake

We only need to think of the many ways we use mathematics in our own domestic life to become aware of the possibilities for promoting children's mathematical development in the home corner.

We are all familiar with activities such as weighing ingredients, estimating how much water we will need to fill the kettle, cutting a pizza into enough pieces to feed the family, counting out coins when shopping, fitting floor tiles together to cover an area and measuring wall space when planning where to position furniture. Many of these, or similar real-life activities, can be re- created in the home corner. Giving children appropriate resources and support will enable them to play out their own experiences and to explore and use mathematical ideas.

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