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08/10/2025

📬 Our Latest Newsletter is Here! ✨

Parents: our end-of-term newsletter has just landed! 🎉 It’s packed with updates, helpful tips, and a little peek at what’s ahead.

And to our amazing tutees… keep an eye on your letterbox! 💌 A praise postcard is on its way to celebrate all your hard work, effort, and determination this term. You’ve earned it! 🌟

We’re so proud of everything you’ve achieved this term - bring on the next chapter! 💪

26/08/2025

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16/08/2025

💡 Think you need to memorise every multiplication fact to succeed? Think again.

When learners master just a small set of key facts, they build confidence, speed, and number sense that multiplies across ALL areas of math.

🎯 It’s not about quantity — it’s about strategy.

Start small. Win big. 💥

08/08/2025

💥 Want to make multiplication facts stick like glue? Say hello to retrieval practice — the brain hack that turns forgetful learners into recall rockstars! 🧠✨

Instead of just rereading, retrieval challenges your brain to pull facts from memory — and every time you do, those facts get stronger, faster, and easier to remember next time.

🎯 I’m sharing my fave retrieval task — quick, fun, and proven to boost confidence and fluency. Perfect for busy classrooms or home learning!

Ready to see the magic happen? Grab your free RETRIEVAL TASK (it’s in your INBOX if you SUBSCRIBE) and watch those facts stick for good! 🚀

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01/08/2025

🧠💬 Multiplication mastery starts with curiosity — not just counting.

Swipe through to see how a simple inter-view can unlock what your learners already know (and think!) about multiplication.

Listening > guessing. Always.

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GO CHECK your INBOX - Day 1 is waiting for you 👀 💌

27/07/2025

✨ We’re back! ✨

After a quiet few months behind the scenes (hello, hosting maths parties, lesson planning, research, and student success stories! 👋), we're excited to reconnect and share what makes Fluency with Numbers the secret sauce for turning 'meh' math into 'aha!' moments!

🚀 Ready to level up your maths game?

Join us for the FREE 30-Day Multiplication Challenge — POWER FACTS edition. 💥

We’re kicking things off soon, and we want YOU in on the action. Let’s make multiplication STICK — 🔗 in bio.

25/11/2024

Ideal if you want your learners to SEE, HEAR and FEEL the maths!

POV: Often they are not used effectively and more often than not they are not used at all 😭

Using manipulatives and representations purposefully can support children to develop visual images. These are beneficial to all children but are paramount for learners with dyscalculia.

To harness their power, grown ups must help children to understand the clear links between the manipulatives or representations and the mathematical ideas they represent, and why they are using them.

💡Ideas here point👆
📧 more in this weeks 'Not that but THIS' ~ it's in your INBOX!

15/11/2024

The right kind of maths games can support children’s maths development.

We all know that play is an important and natural mode of learning for young children.

In keeping with this understanding, research shows that playing these 4 types of math games 👀 increases young children’s understanding of number concepts.

Let me show you some Purposeful, playful ways with... MANIPULATIVE GAMES,
GRID GAMES ,
SHORT PATH GAMES and
LONG PATH GAMES
in this weeks ‘NOT THIS BUT THAT’ newsletter ✍️

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30/10/2024

Let me help you bolster your pedagogical repertoire of Number fluency Games for use at home or in the classroom by offering you the opportunity to use one of our MOST POPULAR GAMES (IT'S ALREADY HELPED HUNDREDS OF LEARNERS).

This particular resource focuses on the 'hard multiplication facts' you can read about those on our website.

Comment: FACT FLUENCY to receive this FREE DOWNLOAD  with it’s visual representations will help you to develop a strong 'number feel' and develop efficient calculation strategies.

Simple and enjoyable to play!

Happy playing :-) 

13/10/2024

I'm not here to question the pedagogical value of maths games per se, just to conclude that some maths games have greater gains in learning than others for reasons you may not have given thought to...

I urge you to give this some considerable thought if you're using MATHS GAMES to achieve fact fluency.

I’ll be talking all things maths games in this weeks newsletter and (as always) sending out a FREE maths game for you to try in the classroom or/ and at home. See you in your inbox! 📧