What do I need know about mathematics to teach it effectively in primary schools? How do children learn mathematics? How do I teach it? What does a good primary mathematics lesson look like? Teaching primary mathematics is a complex business. This text will help. Covering all of the areas of the new National Curriculum for primary mathematics and offering insight into effective teaching, it helps you connect what you need to teach to how it can be taught. It helps you see the opportunities in the new curriculum for creative and imaginative teaching and shows you how to capitalize on opportunities to develop children's reasoning and problem solving skills. It explores how you can make links between mathematics and children's lived experiences to enhance their ...