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Catherine Gripton
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Associate Professor
Observatory for Mathematical Education
University of Nottingham
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New publication now live 📢
Written by the Early Childhood Maths Group, this resource explores how to nurture early mathematical thinking through play and developmentally-appropriate practice.

📄 Download: www.early-years-reviews.com/_files/ugd/c...

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#EYFS #PlayMatters #EarlyMaths
October 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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This 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
Hard copies available from @earlyed-uk.bsky.social
Online also available *free* from the ECMG website: earlymaths.org
July 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Any Y4 or Y5 teachers in Nottingham or surrounding areas? We have a couple of places on this Lesson Study project starting next week.
May 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Part 2 of our Nursery World series about spatial reasoning in the early years www.nurseryworld.co.uk/content/feat...
Spatial reasoning part 2: Developing 'body sense' - Nursery World
How do children develop embodied learning? By Prof Emily Farran, Dr Catherine Gripton and Dr Andrea Lancaster
www.nurseryworld.co.uk
February 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Part 1 of a series of 4 articles in Nursery World about spatial reasoning
January 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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The Social Justice special issue of ATM’s Mathematics Teaching Journal is now available online and has been made ‘open access’ to all, so please do share with colleagues. It includes articles by Alf Coles, Pete Wright, Rose Griffiths and many more. atm.org.uk/write/MediaU...
December 13, 2024 at 7:13 AM
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A quick read on early years maths and story books: www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...
Using picture books to support mathematical development
www.booktrust.org.uk
December 6, 2024 at 9:58 PM
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The UK Early Childhood Mathematics Group do not have a Bluesky account as yet … it’s coming it’s coming! But please do take a look at our website with lots of **freely available** guidance& resources for those of us working with birth-8 yr olds: earlymaths.org
And please add your suggestions below 👇🏼
ECMG
Early Childhood Maths Group
earlymaths.org
December 5, 2024 at 2:51 PM
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Really looking forward to our FREE online webinar focussed on analysing a research lesson on fractions in Y5/6 from a Collaborative Lesson Research cycle. We will be joined by Mike Askew, Janine Blinko, Kate Eames, Stefanie Burke and Andy Tynemouth. Still time to book tinyurl.com/2xajwc8a
Learning from lesson study
<h5>Free to attend for all schools<br /></h5><h5><strong></strong></h5><p><strong></strong><strong>FREE</strong>&nbsp;online webinar focussed on analysing a research lesson from a Collaborative Lesson...
tinyurl.com
November 26, 2024 at 4:36 PM
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November 19, 2024 at 1:08 PM
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First Post!
Join us at this event in person in Oxford or online. Monday 25th November. Details at: www.education.ox.ac.uk/event/mathem...
I’ll be drawing on our www.masteringmaths.org research to consider the mathematically disadvantaged.
November 17, 2024 at 4:32 PM
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If you are interested in maths teaching and ethics, @darrenmacey.bsky.social and I are giving a talk this Wednesday on the topic, based on our book chapter, and we’d love to have you! talmo.uk/events.html
November 18, 2024 at 7:43 AM
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**NOW LIVE and FREE**
The Early Childhood Mathematics Group’s guidance on teaching maths in a mixed year group classroom/setting: 🧵

mixed-age.earlymaths.org

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Mixed year-group mathematics teaching – Mixed Age
mixed-age.earlymaths.org
November 17, 2024 at 3:36 PM
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Maths Ed people on here that I have found…

go.bsky.app/Ngpznzk
November 15, 2024 at 11:25 PM
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Excited (now I’ve actually made the decision to slink over Here) to have some convos about mathematics, earlyyears and even some politics.
Thank you for the follows 👋

The ECMG earlymaths.org
have their bi-termly meeting tomorrow where we launch our **NEW** guidance for teaching mixed year groups
ECMG
Early Childhood Maths Group
earlymaths.org
November 15, 2024 at 1:53 PM
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AND **HERE IT IS!**

mixed-age.earlymaths.org
Mixed year-group mathematics teaching – Mixed Age
mixed-age.earlymaths.org
November 15, 2024 at 1:54 PM