Play is the most authentic context in which to learn. Meanwhile, maths anxiety and low levels of numeracy are global issues.
Through collaboration with mathematicians, teachers, maths learnings specialists and other organisations, Maths Play is working to reunite maths with play in order to debunk myths about what it means to do maths and be mathematically successful.
An underpinning question in this work is: What makes maths experience positive, playful and powerful?
Positive - How do they engage, include, involve and inspire all learners and challenge existing stereotypes and myths about mathematical success?
Playful - What features of play are present? E.g. Individual and collective agency, creativity, observation, questions, experimentation, reasoning and critical thinking.
Powerful - How do these activities foster number sense and mathematical proficiency? How do they transform the general maths experience and help people discover and build their mathematical powers, and experience mathematical joy?