Early number conversations at home: insights from the ‘Numbers in Everyday Life’ project
Early number conversations at home: insights from the ‘Numbers in Everyday Life’ project
We will present findings from the implementation of the ‘Numbers in Everyday Life’ programme, carried out with families of children aged 3–5 years in the UK and Jamaica. The programme is designed to support families in identifying and making use of everyday opportunities to engage in conversations about written numbers found in their environment. Drawing on a preliminary qualitative thematic analysis of 338 visual and textual posts uploaded by participating families to an online platform, we will explore four key themes that highlight opportunities for learning. We will incorporate insights from interviews with Early Years practitioners to examine how the programme can strengthen connections between home and Early Years settings/classrooms in supporting children’s understanding of numerals and their meanings in everyday contexts.
Voutsina, Chronoula
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George, Lois
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Flack, Stephanie
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8 November 2025
Voutsina, Chronoula
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George, Lois
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Flack, Stephanie
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Voutsina, Chronoula, George, Lois and Flack, Stephanie
(2025)
Early number conversations at home: insights from the ‘Numbers in Everyday Life’ project.
Conference of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom.
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We will present findings from the implementation of the ‘Numbers in Everyday Life’ programme, carried out with families of children aged 3–5 years in the UK and Jamaica. The programme is designed to support families in identifying and making use of everyday opportunities to engage in conversations about written numbers found in their environment. Drawing on a preliminary qualitative thematic analysis of 338 visual and textual posts uploaded by participating families to an online platform, we will explore four key themes that highlight opportunities for learning. We will incorporate insights from interviews with Early Years practitioners to examine how the programme can strengthen connections between home and Early Years settings/classrooms in supporting children’s understanding of numerals and their meanings in everyday contexts.
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Published date: 8 November 2025
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Conference of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom, 2025-11-08
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Lois George
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Stephanie Flack
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