DEALAGDON, RAYMART S. BSED MATH 1B. NOV.

22,2022
LTS. Lesson 1 : Let’s Do This. NWSSU

1. Word games. Expand your children's vocabulary with word games.

Jokes.
Riddles.
Rhymes.
Homonyms.
Storytelling.
Songs.
2. When I point to something, tell me what it is.
Use a gesture along with the word you say, so that I can say it too.
Talk to me about what you are doing.
Talk to me about what I am doing.
Take turns chatting back and forth with me.
3. Numeracy is the ability to recognise and apply maths concepts in all areas of life.
Everyday activities like counting, looking at shapes, and talking about sizes can help children
develop early numeracy and maths skills.
You can build children’s numeracy and maths skills through play. Try singing number songs and
sorting toys together.
4. Workshop
Set up a workshop area for the children in your classroom to enjoy. The space should be sturdy
and provide a place for children to work on projects that are safe for them. Make sure your
workshop is also equipped with the right tools for building. These tools should be lightweight
and easy to grip. Additionally, every handy worker needs a tool belt. Find a tool belt that best fits
your child and all their tools! Encourage the children in your care to let their creative
imaginations run wild while they build.
5. Getting Children Ready for Literacy
Limited vocabulary is the first barrier to success that children face in their lifetimes. Starting
school behind their peers’ in this vital area stops children from progressing at the expected rate
for their age and means children are behind before they’ve even begun their education. And
unfortunately, it is children from the most disadvantaged backgrounds who tend to be most at
risk of starting school on the backfoot.
Talking Stickers aims to close this skills gap by using a unique play-based solution, where
stickers are scanned using a phone or tablet and speak the word out-loud for the child to hear.
Talking Stickers’ home-based learning system allows parents to become their child’s teacher, no
matter their own literacy level, by using the stickers to teach children new vocabulary, songs and
nursery rhymes. The stickers have been developed based on pre-existing, culturally appropriate
early development materials, categorised into age specific bundles. These stickers promote play,
develop reading and turn everyday objects into educational toys!

Inspiring Kids to Become Creative Writers

Once children have mastered literacy, it should be obvious that every child is capable of writing.
However, children often feel uncomfortable, inadequate or unable to express themselves through
the written word. Writing, which should be a fun, explorative activity, has become weighed
down with expectation and is often thought of in a negative way, particularly by boys, as it’s a
skill that is associated with assessment and examination. So how can we get kids excited to
write?
Night Zookeeper is an online platform that inspires kids to write and gets them inspired to use
their creativity. The platform gamifies writing and literacy, helping the creative aspect of writing
become a natural reaction to the online world they’re experiencing, taking away the pressure of
writing. Teachers can choose from thousands of interactive lessons from across the curriculum,
which students can then access online. As students write, read and draw their way around the
Night Zoo, they become publishers of their own creative ideas!

Making Literacy and Numeracy Playful to Give Every Child the Best Chance in Life
LEMA - literacy education and math lab, uses playful pedagogy to make sure that every child
establishes a strong foundation of numeracy and literacy from first to fourth grade. Without
establishing these skills early on in education, children fall behind and struggle to catch up,
increasing the risk of school drop-out rates. By using playful instruction, LEMA is able to
engage children from all backgrounds in their basic education.
Part of the program sees Learning Coaches coming into the school to help support the teachers.
The Learning Coaches join classes every day for an hour to play, share, develop and create
knowledge in five critical areas: reading, writing, math, reflection and relationships. By
establishing these vital skills, LEMA helps to stop the poverty cycle for students at risk of
exclusion from school, and therefore help every child to flourish!

Using Physical Activity to Boost Learning

Studies have shown that physical activity helps children to retain information, so doesn’t it make
sense to get more movement into the school day? That’s the question UK-based Tagtiv8 asked
themselves when creating their unique solution to innovating literacy and numeracy lessons. 
Tagtiv8 uses physical, active learning approaches and ideas to combine English and Mathematics
with physical activity. The team behind Tagtiv8 worked with children to develop their unique
learning methods, to improve both their physical health and their education, and now 60,000 kids
across the UK and abroad are using their active lessons! 

Making Maths Lessons Playful and Fun for Today’s Children

Times tables have been a staple part of standardized education since it began, but are there better
ways of teaching it to engage today’s children and help them to retain their tables? Times Tables
Rockstars gamifies the multiplication process to make sure children are ready to take their
mathematics education further and don’t fall behind.
Times Tables Rock Stars blends a programme of daily times tables practice with a rock star
theme, with each week concentrating on a different times tables. Every third week, children
rehearse previous times tables to make sure they’re retaining what they’ve learnt. The
programme is available as paper worksheets, webgames and as an app, and has helped hundreds
of thousands of pupils over the last nine years in over 15,000 schools worldwide.

6. Get your child’s attention

Have fun together
Comments not questions
Give them time to think
Use simple language

Repeat what you say

Make it easier for them to listen

Build on what they say

7. Literacy Skills
Literacy has been defined in various ways over the years. Previously, being able to sign your
name was considered a reasonable sign of literacy. Our understanding of what it means to be
literate has altered and current definitions have taken into account the literacy demands of the
society we live in. A more recent definition of literacy is the understanding, evaluating, using
and engaging with written texts to participate in society, to achieve personal goals and ambitions
and to develop knowledge and potential.

Literacy is the ability to read, write, speak and listen in ways that will allow us to communicate
effectively to a variety of different audiences and to make sense of the world. Reading and
writing, when integrated with speaking, listening and viewing and critical thinking, constitutes
valued aspects of literacy in modern life. Literacy is a critical component to ensure all students
have the best chance to succeed in their studies and everyday life.
Numeracy Skills
We are all required to be numerate to maximise our potential and to make a positive contribution
to society. In our exceedingly technical world, numeracy skills, in particular the ability to
interpret data, are becoming increasingly more significant and are hugely sought after by
employers. An absence of mathematical confidence and poor numeracy skills are obstructions to
employment as numeracy tests are increasingly becoming a routine part of the recruitment
process.

Rapidly growing technological advances are making the need for numeracy skills more critical
within the workplace. With more employees engaging in more sophisticated tasks, numeracy is
recognised as an essential employability skill.

Numeracy is defined as the ability to access, use and interpret and communicate mathematical
information and ideas, in order to engage in and manage the mathematical demands of various
situations in adult years. To be numerate is to confidently and effectively use mathematics to
meet the everyday demands of life.

Numeracy is important for individuals to develop logical thinking and reasoning strategies in
their everyday activities. We need numeracy to solve problems and make sense of numbers,
time, patterns and shapes for activities like cooking, reading receipts, reading instructions and
even playing sport.

Literacy and numeracy help people gain the fundamental skills necessary to achieve success in
life. There is a huge national strategy to improve literacy and numeracy and to support students
to live a satisfying and rewarding life as well as being an active participant as an active and well
informed resident. Literacy and numeracy skills are crucial for accessing the broader curriculum
because they are used in many aspects of our lives. Workplace numeracy, literacy and
employability skills are often used in conjunction with one another. These required skills often
overlap and are necessary for any task.