It seemed appropriate to wait for Maths Week to talk about how multiplication works. The ‘x’ sign means ‘groups of’ and we also need to know our skip counting patterns. It is a big topic to chat about and we just touched on it with one group today. I am still a big fan of rote learning times tables!! But the children do need to understand the strategic thinking behind our multiplication facts and what that looks like using materials and see the number patterns. Phew it is a big learning jump for some of our little friends.