Bringing creativity, joy and logic back into the equation

This session is for:

• Primary teachers, tutors and family adults
• Anyone with an interest in kind and playful ways to explore and learn key maths concepts

What you'll get:

• Explore different contexts for playing with number that are appropriate for the junior primary years
• See and interact with counting and addition strategies in new and playful ways
• Tips and resources for use at home and/or in the classroom
• 21 days access to the recording

AITSL standards covered: 1.2, 1.5, 2.1, 2.5, 3.3, 3.4, 3.7, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 6.2, 6.4, 7.4

Hosted by: Alex Box — Primary Learning Specialist, Tutor & Founder of Maths Play

Alex is an experienced primary classroom teacher who identifies as formerly maths-anxious, now maths-excitable. Alex is the founder of mathsplay.org, a community initiative facilitating collaboration among organisations and individuals on projects that support educators and learners to experience maths in playful and rewarding ways.

Alex specialises in the use of everyday mathematical talk and a research-based teaching approach called Number Talks for building everyday confidence and sparking joy when working with numbers.  She keeps out of mischief by creating playful maths game variations and open-ended tasks that align with curriculum.