Mike Askew is Distinguised Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg having previously held Professorships at King's College University of London and Monash University Melbourne. He was director of the influential 'Effective Teachers of Numeracy in Primary Schools' and deputy director of the Leverhulme Numeracy Research Programme. He writes a regular column for Teach Primary Magazine. He was a founding director of BEAM education, a publishing house specialising in producing resources to support primary mathematics. Mike believes that Mathematical activity should be engaging and enjoyable for all children and that the majority of children can come to see themselves as mathematicians.
In this book young mathematicians will become familiar with shapes including concepts such as symmetry, patterns and tanagrams by playing maths games. Children can play either on their own or with friends, parents or teachers. The bright appealing illustrations combined with clear numbered instructions make the games easy to follow and fun to play and will develop new skills and confidence in problem solving. The fun format will help dispell the myth that maths is boring.