Reflecting on your own practice, being able to articulate your pedagogical position and engaging in professional discussions and debate are recognised as a key indicator of quality in early learning and childcare.

Discuss the questions below with your colleagues or manager.

• What do we know about mathematical skills that we can support the children with eg counting-on, subtraction and number-lines?


• When we reflect on these rich learning situations, we can make links to several theories which help us to think about our pedagogical stance in early years’ care and learning and how this knowledge helps us as a team to better support the children in our care.


• How much do we know about the other children’s skills that they may have developed outwith the nursery eg through playing games or taking part in activities at home? How could we find out more?


• It might be that Jade has strong abilities in mathematics and perhaps other areas. What do we know about this and how can we find out more about how we support children like Jade?

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