Explore it.
Start with something children can see or move: a shape, a puzzle or a set of building pieces.
How we teach
Less sitting back.
More joining in.
Children learn by asking, trying and figuring things out. Our classes give them the space — and the encouragement — to do just that.
See how a lesson unfoldsDifferent ways to see it.
Three quarters: three of four equal pieces, written as the fraction three over four.
“How do you know it’s three quarters?”
Make it. See it. Explain it.
An example of learning through understandingFrom a question to an “I get it.”
A simple rhythm: explore an idea, talk it through, then try it in a new way.
Explain the thinking.
Ask “How did you work that out?” Small groups give each child room to describe an idea and hear another way.
Try a new challenge.
Change the numbers, the pattern or the problem. Applying an idea again helps understanding take root.