20TRA680 Using Puppets and Story to Explore Early Mathematical Concepts

Early mathematical awareness and the development of early mathematical concepts such as shape, space, measures, colour and number is critical to enabling children become competent and skilled problem solvers. Breed Murphy and Sinéad McCauley Lambe of Marino Institute of Education will present a webinar outlining practical strategies using puppets and story to explore a range of early mathematical concepts. This webinar will focus on:

• Selecting and sourcing stories
• Designing hands-on tasks that link with stories
• Using puppets and stories for enjoyment, engagement, promoting the development of mathematical language and facilitating the development of conceptual understanding

Biographies:

Breed Murphy is a lecturer in Mathematics Education at Marino Institute of Education. Breed taught in Croagh N.S. in Co. Limerick for fifteen years before joining the Maths Ed. Team in Marino where she taught multigrade classes. Breed is a PhD candidate in Mary Immaculate College and her research investigates mathematical outcomes for children in multigrade classes. Her research interests include mathematics achievement, dispositions towards maths and the influence of home factors on mathematics outcomes.

Sinéad McCauley Lambe is a lecturer in Education at Marino Institute of Education specialising in Early Childhood Education. Prior to joining MIE, Sinéad taught for eleven years in St. Vincent’s Infant Boys’ school in North William Street. Here, Sinéad moved into resource teaching and worked with children with ASD and those experiencing a wide range of emotional and behavioural difficulties. It was this work that ignited Sinéad’s interest in educational disadvantage, motor development and early intervention. Sinéad completed a Masters Educational Disadvantage in DCU and is currently a PhD candidate there. Her research interests include infant motor development and emergent handwriting development. She strongly believes in the power of puppets and play to engage those learners who need us the most.

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