
Course Aims
- to gain an understanding of the Maths language and methods that children
are learning in school - to improve parents’/carers’ ability to support children’s learning and
development - to improve parents’/carers’ own skills and knowledge

Course content will include: (depending on appropriate Key Skills)
- how to develop early maths skills through games, songs and activities
- Maths vocabulary
- place value
- mental Maths
- number line and number bonds
- addition, subtraction, multiplication and division strategies
- problem solving
- fractions, percentages and decimals
- shape, position and simple geometry

Key information
Age – 0 – 11
Length – Minimum of 8 hours
Delivery Model – Partly joint or adult only

What to do next
For more information about Family Learning courses running across Essex, please call Zoe Mallett (North) 03330 321372 or Melissa Williamson (South) on 03330 321597