Planning maths activities linked to the theme of a storybook has many benefits for teachers and learners at Early and First Level. The Maths Through Stories website contains a wide range resources and lesson ideas.
Planning frames have been created by SAC Numeracy teachers and teachers involved in the East Ayrshire ‘Raising Attainment in Numeracy’ training inputs to develop maths through the theme of a story book. These frames allows teachers to contextualise maths through activities linked to the storybook and ‘bundle’ E’s and O’s while planning numeracy and maths learning.
A full explanation of Maths Through Stories is available here:
Maths Through Stories Overview Video
A full selection of Maths Through Stories planning frames and resources are available through Glow by following this link:
Maths Through Stories Teacher Planners – Glow Resources
Here is an example of a completed Maths Through Stories planning frame:
Goldilocks and the Three Bears Early Level
Child and Parent Maths Through Stories Activities
The planning frames have been developed by the SAC Numeracy team to provide parent and child friendly versions. These versions have been used by teachers to engage parents and children in numeracy and maths learning activities linked to the theme of a story. For more information and to access these resources follow this link:
California Early Math Project
The Early Math Project have collated book reviews and prompt questions for mathematics on their website:
