Motivating all Maths Learners to Succeed

Mathematics for Human Flourishing- Francis Su

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Early numeracy skills are so beneficial

Early Numeracy Skills As teachers, we all know the importance and benefits of early literacy skills and there is clear evidence to back this up. However, early maths skills are just as beneficial.

MYER and other retailers are selling an Australian made t-shirt for women that says, 'I am too pretty to do math'.

And then we wonder why we have so many anxieties around maths, when major retailers normalises this sort of thinking.

Everyone is capable of learning and 'doing' maths. EVERYONE.

"I'm too pretty to do math" - on sale right now at MYER by Australian brand Lioness.

See what our CEO, Allan Dougan had to say about it in yesterday's The Sydney Morning Herald, Brisbane Times and other papers.

This is the kind of message that tells girls their appearance and their intellect are in competition. They are not!!

Share if you agree.



https://www.smh.com.au/national/girls-being-told-they-re-too-pretty-to-do-math-is-degrading-20260616-p607b4.html?utm_source=smh-web&utm_medium=share_article&utm_campaign=national&utm_content=subscriber+alldigital&utm_term=product_feature

Number Talk - if you don't know the multiplication fact automatically, what strategy could be used to solve it efficiently?

Kids need to understand their multiplication facts, not rote memorise them.
Once they embed strategies that they understand to solve these facts it will become automatic and they can use these strategies to access facts beyond 10x10.

What do you notice?

We had a fun afternoon playing with maths at Belgrave Library

Playful Maths at Belgrave Library
How many squares?

Join me, this Friday 24th April at Belgrave Library Playful Maths at Belgrave Library