Pedagogical Support

When running this intervention, some children may become challenged and they will need your help. We expect you to support them in their learning. We call your help ‘Pedagogical Support’ and we have designed 3 levels of pedagogical support to guide you.

Level 1:

If you observe that a child is challenged, we suggest that you remove their headphones and listen to the question together. Give the child an encouraging statement such as ‘have another go!’ Or ‘listen carefully and try again’. Then observe their response.

Top Tip: Sometimes, the activity the child is using selects the correct/incorrect answer because the screen responds to their touch whilst they are counting. In this case, give the child an eraser tipped pencil or non-touch responsive pointer to practice the skills with before they select the answer.

Level 2:

If the child is still challenged on the same activity, you can start Level 2 of Pedagogical Support. At this level, you can repeat the question to them. You may even want to use local mathematical terms that they understand from your school’s maths policy. You can also practice and repeat activities within the topic together. You can continue observing how the child progresses.

Level 3:

If the child remains challenged on the activity, you can start Level 3 of Pedagogical Support. This is where we encourage you to use familiar maths resources from the classroom. Remove the headphones and bring in resources that you know will help the child understand the concept. This is the highest level of Pedagogical Support and one that we see used rarely.

Remember, if a child becomes challenged on a new activity or topic, please start from Level 1 of pedagogical support again. Progress through the levels of pedagogical support if the child continues to be challenged on the same activity.

If a child is upset because the activity or topic is too challenging, and these levels of Pedagogical Support are not helping, please skip the activity or topic. The child can come back to it later and the following topics revisit previous teaching too.

These are suggestions of maths resources you may use for each topic:

Math 3-5		Maths 4-6
Sorting and Matching	Pattern cards and templates Shape and colour Flashcards Coloured objects	Shape and position	Shape flashcards Plastic shapes Positional Language games
Counting to 3	Flash cards to 3 Numberlines Objects to count	Counting to 20	Numberlines to 20 Objects to count Resources to count 2s
Lines and patterns	Lines to trace Shape and colour flashcards Coloured objects	Sharing	Sorting circles Plastic food to share
Counting 4 to 6	Flashcards to 6 Numberlines Number flash cards Objects to count	More counting	Numberlines to 20 Objects to count Resources to count in 2s
Where is it?	Dolls house furniture and figures to place Positional language games Play ‘Find the Teddy’	Telling the time	Plastic or paper clocks Time resources
Counting 7 to 10	Flashcards to 10 Numberlines Objects to count	Add and subtract	Objects to count number line Number shapes
Patterns and shapes	Repeated pattern cards Plastic shapes Flash cards for shapes or patterns	Count in tens and fives	Objects to count in 5s and 10s Number shapes
Counting 1 to 10	Numberlines Numberflash cards to 10 Number shapes Objects to count	How tall, how long?	Rulers Vocabulary flash cards
Comparing	Quantities of objects to count Vocabulary flashcards	Count to 100	100 Square Flash cards
Adding and taking away	Objects to count Numberlines	2D shapes	Plastic Shapes Flash cards
		Number lines	Number lines
		Fractions	Objects to count Fraction flashcards
		Weigh it!	Scales Vocabulary flashcards
		More number work	Counting resources Number flashcards
		3D shapes	Plastic 3D shapes Real 3D objects Vocabulary flashcards
		Measure time	Stop watches Time Counting games Races
		More + and -	Counting resources Number flashcards
		How much can it hold?	Capacity resources Vocabulary flashcards