1st Edition
Dramatic Mathematics 5 Stories to Support Early Maths Learning
Foreword
Linda Pound
Putting it all into context
Trisha Lee
How to use Dramatic Mathematics
Curriculum Links
The Stories
Story 1: A Little or a Lot – a story about counting and place value
Story 2: Go Backwards – a story about subtraction
Story 3: Ask the Ruler – a story about standard and non-standard measurement
Story 4: A River Always Finds its Way – a story about Directional and Positional language
Story 5: Fair Share – a story about revision and fractions
Biography
Trisha Lee, author of the best-selling Princesses, Dragons and Helicopter Stories, is a professionally trained theatre director and storyteller. She is passionate about the importance of storytelling and story acting in children’s lives. In 2002, Trisha founded MakeBelieve Arts, a UK-based theatre and education company specialising in working with children aged 2-7 through storytelling, poetry and Helicopter Stories.
Isla Hill trained as a primary school teacher and then went on to study Theatre Education at Goldsmiths College, University of London. Here, she met Trisha and the partnership was cemented as they discovered a shared belief in the power of story to engage children. Isla is Education Director at MakeBelieve Arts.
“This is a charming book which would be a great addition to the collection of any teacher of four to eight year olds and I recommend it highly.”
- Jenni Bach“I am delighted that the stories have now been published by Routledge and are now accessible to more teachers who will I hope be inspired to use them to bring maths to life for the children they teach.”
- Linda Pound
