Messy Maths: A Playful, Outdoor Approach for Early Years

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Review Messy Maths is a wonderful resource! Aesthetically beautiful with its engaging photographs, it is easy and inspiring to read and offers meaningful and practical ideas for exploring maths outside of the classroom. The most valuable aspect from my point of view is the encouragement to find maths in the everyday outdoors. It is in the recognition of these teachable moments that we, as early years educators, can bring maths to life for young children. --Mairi Ferris, Director, Stramash Outdoor NurseriesWow, what a fabulous book! Incredibly comprehensive and full of exciting possibilities, it should convince anyone of the huge potential of the outdoors. Messy Maths will motivate the reader to harness the outdoors special nature for embedded, meaningful mathematical thinking and satisfying, deep-level learning I particularly love the mathematical garden. Why would you stay indoors? --Jan White, mudologist and consultant for outdoor provision in the early yearsMessy Maths is a great follow-up to Dirty Teaching. It stands alone in its own right, however, giving teachers, child-minders and all educators (including parents) the confidence to see the mathematics all around us and to help children draw out the concepts they are exploring in their play. I highly recommend Messy Maths to teachers working at all stages and in all manner of early years settings. You ll come away inspired ready to get outdoors and help the children you work with feel super confident in their mathematical language and practical application of mathematical reasoning. I bet you ll get better at estimating weights and lengths too! --Cath Prisk, Global Campaign Director, Outdoor Classroom Day Read more About the Author Juliet Robertson is an education consultant who specialises in outdoor learning. Before becoming a consultant Juliet was a head teacher at three schools, making her more than qualified to help others improve their practice. She also writes a popular education blog I m a teacher, get me OUTSIDE here! where she illustrates her ideas and enthusiasm for learning outdoors. @CreativeSTAR Read more