Children Parents and Teachers Enjoying Numeracy

Written for teachers, maths coordinators and parents, this practical text: shows how best to approach written and mental maths work; illustrates the value of maths investigations; outlines the benefits of non-standard methods of calculations; and addresses the role of ICT and numeracy. Chapter 1 Background to the National Numeracy Strategy; Chapter 2 What is Mental Maths?; Chapter 3 Teaching Mental Maths; Chapter 4 The ‘new’ written methods; Chapter 5 Information and communications technology and numeracy; Chapter 6 Mathematics investigations; Chapter 7 Dealing with ‘sum stress’; Chapter 8 Developing home–school links;