Maths in the home corner - Real numbers

Help children feel at home with mathematics by offering them the appropriate resources, routines for using them and adult encouragement, says Jane Drake We only need to think of the many ways we use mathematics in our own domestic life to become aware of the possibilities for promoting children's mathematical development in the home corner. We are all familiar with activities such as weighing ingredients, estimating how much water we will need to fill the kettle, cutting...