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25.01.2022 Fun activities and observation strategies to better develop place value so students have a deep understanding of numbers and counting - here's where to start. Click to learn more - https://naturalmaths.com.au//the-obstacle-course-we-call-/
25.01.2022 A fun picture book for multiplicative thinking and division. Here's how to enrich the language and conceptual understanding of division and multiplication. Read today's e-news or for the full story, jump to our latest blog via our website to see why we love this book and unpack some of the misconceptions and gaps about division - https://mailchi.mp//new-online-course-coming-soon-what-do-
24.01.2022 To say thanks for the comments received about our last three blogs, Ann has been sifting through her picture book library and has put together a list of favourites that she would like to share with you. More at https://naturalmaths.com.au/b/multiplication-picture-books/
21.01.2022 "A picture is worth ..." Yes, Ann has drawn a cartoon to introduce her latest blog "Trusting the Count is no Secret". It has also turned out to be a way announce our new product, an on-line course entitled "Trusting the Count". Building on her recent experiences with WebEx PD sessions, this course has lots of video vignettes that give a feeling that this is as close to a face-to-face experience as we can expect in these trying times. More at https://naturalmaths.com.au//trusting-the-count-is-not-a-/
21.01.2022 Ann has been teaching herself how to draw Halloween monsters ... and she has been having fun with maths at the same time. She has set out a couple of challenges in the latest blog ... enjoy! More at https://naturalmaths.com.au/bl/halloween-monster-challenge/
21.01.2022 Ann has found something to like and something to dislike about the book that we featured last week. In today's blog she explains her reactions to the pages below and shows how both lead to positive opportunities for developing number and spatial sense. All is revealed at https://naturalmaths.com.au/blog/round-and-square-volume-2/
21.01.2022 As South Australian residents, we once again go into lockdown. For a fun and educational little Christmas problem, try these reindeer craft problematized situation. Check back in with how you go and keep an eye out for more of these in the lead up to Christmas :)
20.01.2022 Our problem is too many ideas! Exciting news ... our latest product (Special Numbers for Year 6) has just been uploaded to the site but Ann had too many ideas to include in the product. So the latest blog has a an activity that didn't quite make into the material. More at https://naturalmaths.com.au/blog/too-many-ideas/
20.01.2022 Spring is here! Time for a bit of spring cleaning! Ann has been shaking the dust off folders of ideas and materials that tend to accumulate chez nous and came across some 1958 maths textbooks that contained some measurement ideas that are fully relevant today. More at https://naturalmaths.com.au/blog/a-page-from-the-past/
19.01.2022 Ann has never been a fan of streaming and has decided to defend her views in the latest blog from Natural Maths. More at https://naturalmaths.com.au/blog/to-stream-or-not-to-stream/ The blog also suggests a problematized situation and how to find something special in a student solution.
16.01.2022 "I was browsing polymer clay beads on Pinterest ..." A very special place to get ideas, but not usually ideas for a Maths Blog. But as a result of browsing for inspiration for beading, Ann has coined the phrase "Maths Image Talks" where pictures are used to provoke mathematical observations and discussions. More at https://naturalmaths.com.au/blog/maths-image-talks/
16.01.2022 Okay, Ann does have a bit of a sweet tooth, but she is also dedicated to helping teachers make a success of a numeracy basic - counting. The latest blog sets a number of questions that follow from estimating and then counting how many M&Ms there are in this picture. More at https://naturalmaths.com.au//purposeful-counting-not-just/
14.01.2022 If Ann has a Bee in her Bonnet, it is almost certainly about misconceptions about maths ideas. This time she's buzzing about fractions in her latest blog. More at https://naturalmaths.com.au//about-fraction-misconceptions/ where she features an Usborne Lift-the-flap book.
14.01.2022 Do you know what conditions for learning need to be in place to ensure students have the experiences necessary to gain deep understanding and success with trusting the count? This is just one of subjects covered in an easy to access, interactive online course we recently launched, Trusting the Count. Now available and ready for you to implement in Term 3. This course is loaded with useful, practical and exciting content to help students become better scholars of trusting the... count. In your own time, you can login as often as you like and access videos, dozens of lessons, activities, fun tools and teachings ready for you to implement in the classroom. Click to learn more or join.
14.01.2022 Looking for some holiday reading? Go no further! More at: https://naturalmaths.com.au/blog/holiday-reading-learning/. This blog is an introduction to our new mini-course - details at https://naturalmaths.com.au/product/digging-deeper/. Have a great break!
13.01.2022 Ideas of quantity and magnitude need to be in place before we move into formal place value activities with young students. In fact, it is worth checking out what counting strategies and ideas of magnitude older students have too. How can a child understand a system of tens and know what a hundred looks like with bundling or stacks of 10 if they have limited experiences with counting large collections of loose objects? They can't really! Read today's blog for fun, cheap and effective activities you can do with your students to provide purposeful counting. https://naturalmaths.com.au//counting-and-quantifying-col/
13.01.2022 Ann has been eying up the counters at the local grocery and it has set her thinking. Easter Eggs - a novel form of Assessment! More at https://naturalmaths.com.au//who-really-is-the-best-at-ma/
13.01.2022 While watching a video clip recently, Ann saw an opportunity to share an example in which linear measurement could be linked with learning fractions. Soon the kitchen counter was covered with things that could be used for measuring and a new blog was under way. More at https://naturalmaths.com.au/blog/make-connections/
13.01.2022 How to teach Differentiation when students have varying understanding PLUS NEW Place Value product to help students gain a deeper understanding of Place Value. Find out more in today's e-news https://mailchi.mp//new-online-course-coming-soon-what-do-
11.01.2022 In the last three blogs, I unpacked ways of using three days of the week picture books. You may not have access to those particular books but there are others that you could use in similar ways. I have made a list of the ones that I am familiar with - please feel free to add other titles to list and let us know how you use them. As we said in the first blog, we have just finished the software update and new teacher notes for our popular product, Calendars. The software can be... used as described in the teacher notes to support your explicit teaching but can also be used to support any incidental learning opportunities such as those that arise from sharing picture books, so head over now and check out the free Calendar samples. The Calendars software allows you to select any month of 2021 onwards to work with. For example, you can shade all the Sundays with a single click or pick out individual days, either by clicking on them or by highlighting them on your screen. The software can be used to support everyday and incidental situations such as marking birthdays or special events or can be used more formally to introduce the calendar mental routines included with the software. The mental routines offer starter questions that immerse the students in the language associated with calendars and with strategies for using them. The Calendars package supports the teaching of the ACM for Foundation: ACMMG008 and Year 1: ACMMG021 and Year 2: ACMMG041. https://naturalmaths.com.au//days-of-the-week-picture-boo/
10.01.2022 ...and still smiling! Ann and her work was featured in the F Magazine which celebrates the achievement of women in all walks of life. "Due to Covid-19, Ann‘s bookings have all been cancelled. However this has just led to new ways of thinking as Ann is about to launch her first first online series to replace face to face workshops." More at https://f-magazine.online/ann-baker-natural-maths/ which shows that despite current setbacks, Annn is still smiling!
09.01.2022 When an author describes himself as double-talking and half-baked, you can be sure that Ann will give up a fraction of her time to check out his book. Find out all about it at https://naturalmaths.com.au/blog/the-lions-share/
08.01.2022 Whenever Ann sees a book she looks for ways in which it can support the Natural Maths way of working. This time, while shopping at Aldi, this one caught her eye and ... well, the rest is in her blog at https://naturalmaths.com.au/blog/the-old-woman/. Enjoy!
07.01.2022 Scale it up ... the picture and the maths. The latest Natural Maths blog is about scaling up a diagram, and has resulted in some fine artwork from Ann. More about it here: https://naturalmaths.com.au/blog/scale-it-up/
06.01.2022 Introducing the third book in our Multiplicative Thinking Book blog series: 'Amanda Bean’s Amazing Dream'. There's a huge variety of multiplication opportunities showing equal sized groups, arrays, and the area model of multiplication, each in interesting everyday situations. What else? View today's blog to find out. https://naturalmaths.com.au//multiplicative-thinking-book/
05.01.2022 Research shows us that a child's mathematical vocabulary at Year 1 is a good indicator of their future with maths. It's why Ann has been working through her picture book collection and compiling a vocabulary list a she goes. More at https://naturalmaths.com.au//seeing-the-potential-in-math/
05.01.2022 We have just added a trio of our favourite Easter Problems and tied them in with the new buzz - computational thinking. Ann and Johnny hope you find a moment to check them out! More at: https://naturalmaths.com.au/blog/number-your-easter-eggs/
05.01.2022 Are there moments in the school day when you wish you had some way of engaging your students in something more than busy work? Well, Ann has a GREAT IDEA for you! More at https://naturalmaths.com.au//complete-these-number-senten/
04.01.2022 One of our most popular publications, Place Value to 1000 000, has just undergone a facelift. We have had our Traffic Lights app rewritten in a form that we hope will work for years to come AND the mental routines, problematized situations and games have been upgraded. Ann has also been combing through the Natural Maths picture books collection and had listed those with a place value theme; in particular, she has made A Million Dots the subject of her latest blog. More at https://naturalmaths.com.au/blog/place-value-picture-books/ . Hope you have a great break ... and looking forward to a busy time next term!
02.01.2022 If you're wondering how our online courses may be used at your school, read our latest blog to find out one teacher's view following participating in two of our courses. We know some schools are planning on using the courses as part of their school improvement plan for mathematics professional development. Our e-course also also allow teachers to actually go into their classroom and test things out, make observations and question their current understandings and pedagogy - as well as add to your PD. Find out one teacher's view and how you too can positively use our interactive, fun, convenient courses to benefit you AND your students, read on here https://naturalmaths.com.au//a-teachers-view-on-our-onlin/
01.01.2022 We had just started work on our new product - Year 6 Mental Routines - when Ann got a little bit distracted by a content descriptor in the ACM. More at https://naturalmaths.com.au/blog/prime-or-square/
