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💥 Want to make multiplication facts stick like glue? Say hello to retrieval practice — the brain hack that turns forgetful learners into recall rockstars! 🧠✨

Instead of just rereading, retrieval challenges your brain to pull facts from memory — and every time you do, those facts get stronger, faster, and easier to remember next time.

🎯 I’m sharing my fave retrieval task — quick, fun, and proven to boost confidence and fluency. Perfect for busy classrooms or home learning!

Ready to see the magic happen? Grab your free RETRIEVAL TASK (it’s in your INBOX if you SUBSCRIBE) and watch those facts stick for good! 🚀

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✨ We’re back! ✨

After a quiet few months behind the scenes (hello, hosting maths parties, lesson planning, research, and student success stories! 👋), we're excited to reconnect and share what makes Fluency with Numbers the secret sauce for turning 'meh' math into 'aha!' moments!

🚀 Ready to level up your maths game?

Join us for the FREE 30-Day Multiplication Challenge — POWER FACTS edition. 💥

We’re kicking things off soon, and we want YOU in on the action. Let’s make multiplication STICK — 🔗 in bio.

The right kind of maths games can support children’s maths development.

We all know that play is an important and natural mode of learning for young children.

In keeping with this understanding, research shows that playing these 4 types of math games 👀 increases young children’s understanding of number concepts.

Let me show you some Purposeful, playful ways with... MANIPULATIVE GAMES,
GRID GAMES ,
SHORT PATH GAMES and
LONG PATH GAMES
in this weeks ‘NOT THIS BUT THAT’ newsletter ✍️

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I'm not here to question the pedagogical value of maths games per se, just to conclude that some maths games have greater gains in learning than others for reasons you may not have given thought to...

I urge you to give this some considerable thought if you're using MATHS GAMES to achieve fact fluency.

I’ll be talking all things maths games in this weeks newsletter and (as always) sending out a FREE maths game for you to try in the classroom or/ and at home. See you in your inbox! 📧