Research School Network: How can we best teach maths in early years foundation stage? Educational myth: young children will learn maths ​‘naturally’ in a maths-rich environment

I sometimes meet early years practitioners who think that young children will learn maths ​‘naturally’ in a maths-rich environment.

I used to be one of them.

It’s a view that would be charming if it wasn’t so damaging, especially for disadvantaged children.

Read on in the Times Educational Supplement