 Hello so this is a first doing a book review online so here we go I'm going to talk to you about this collection of books for years one to six um recently published uh collated by Viv Townsend and Heather Davis really really lovely because the whole focus as you can hopefully see on the title is about thinking mathematically but thinking mathematically every single day because we know that sometimes trying to get in the reasoning the problem solving and the fluency into everyday lessons can be tricky for some of us so what these do is they take three activities per year group and they really delve into how we can use tasks that we that we have probably seen before but how do we make sure that we can get the reasoning that problem solving and particularly that conceptual fluency into the tasks so as I've already mentioned there's one book for each year group they have slightly different areas of focus though they all have number and geometry and then some of them have a focus on measurement or algebra or statistics in each book there are three tasks so again not very many you might be thinking about weight because what they do very very cleverly is they take what we would call a low threshold high ceiling task and they really show you exactly how you can run with this task really build up all of those elements that I've just been mentioning they are beautifully set out and one of the things that really appeals to me is the layout so they're very easy to navigate each task starts with this overview page so it tells you first of all this what the title is so this one is all about domino totals and then it links the task to the programs of study statements so again if you're using this in the classroom you can see exactly what you're linking to in terms of the national curriculum there's a section on prior learning always really really helpful and again making connections so even the introduction to the task is really helpful you've then got the task itself again really clearly illustrated and any of the pictures or the photographs that are included in the books are of very high quality again something that appeals and then here's the clever bit each task then follows exactly the same format so for example it will talk you through what the task might look like so in terms of what children might say what you might say it then offers you questions and prompts to build that conceptual understanding to build the reasoning and to build the problem solving it then tells you if you need any practical support so for example in this one which we're still on the dominoes task you can see that there are some dominoes that would really helpful but also some double sided counters and also some quiz and error as well so you're starting to see how the tasks are really expanded it then talks about how we can build that fluency and develop that reasoning and develop that problem solving as we go through and then just in case you thought that was it no there is more there's also some pages and some help on well what happens if children are stuck so what could you do what kinds of responses might you be looking for and what about if it's going really really well how might you deepen and broaden that conceptual understanding extend that reasoning and also some solve some harder problems and again you might think that that's it but where relevant it will also direct you to either some other relevant ATM books or the Enrich website which we all know and love as well so I'm just going to finish there by saying I absolutely love these books highly recommend them don't be put off by the size they are absolutely full packed full of ideas really really worth having a look at you can buy one as a one-off you can have it as a hard copy or you can have it as a download electronic copy or you can buy all six I recommend the package have fun everybody