{"id":4361,"date":"2023-10-05T12:59:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T11:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/?p=4361"},"modified":"2025-05-04T14:44:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T13:44:21","slug":"maths-through-stories-in-early-years-storybooks-approaches-to-teach-number-concepts-geometry-and-spatial-thinking-and-promote-mathematical-talk-and-development-of-vocabulary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/2023\/10\/05\/maths-through-stories-in-early-years-storybooks-approaches-to-teach-number-concepts-geometry-and-spatial-thinking-and-promote-mathematical-talk-and-development-of-vocabulary\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Maths: How Mathematical Storytelling Sparks Early Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>What is the project about?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Between 2023 and 2027, Dr. Natthapoj Vincent Trakulphadetkrai will be supporting a large national charity, Campaign for Learning (CfL), to design and deliver a training programme for 200 early years providers across London so they themselves can subsequently provide a 6-week training programme to around 600 low-income parents to learn to tell mathematical stories to their pre-school child at home with the hope that this will then foster home-based mathematical talk. 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