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This second book in our series, Teaching Mathematics with Six Bricks in Senior Infants, is designed to help teachers to plan, implement and deliver their national mathematics curriculum.This book contains 34 outline lesson plans and supporting task sheets which build out number skills and concepts from 7 to 12, along with teaching aspects of time, measurement and data handling.It has never been more important to teach mathematics well. Globalisation and the increasing use of technology have created changing demands for the application of mathematics in all aspects of our lives. Teaching mathematics well to all students requires a high level of understanding of pedagogy in mathematics and of mathematics itself. This photocopiable book aims to support and enhance all teachers%u2019 capacity to decide how best to help all of their students achieve the mathematics curriculum learning outcomes, through a robust, playful, hands-on, manipulatives driven approach using sets of Six Bricks.In the past, mathematics learning focused on getting the right answer and then moving on. However, research clearly shows that building an awareness of basic mathematical concepts from a young age, such as number, is a key predictor of future success in maths. Six Bricks can be a central strategy for effectively building those early basic mathematical concepts.We see a set of Six Bricks sitting on the table of every 4 to 6 year-old child in the early years/reception classrooms, across the globe. These sets of bricks will be used daily in all kinds of learning scenarios, be that specifically within the mathematics curriculum or more broadly across the wider school curriculum. Children can use them individually or in groups of three or four. They can pool their bricks and work in a hands-on manner on number and problem-solving activities up to 12 or even 24.Incorporating Six Bricks into your early years mathematics teaching, learning and assessment sequences will effectively build out children%u2019s skills, competences and confidence. Six LEGO %u00ae DUPLO %u00ae 8-stud bricks are universally available across the globe. They are an ideal size for easy manipulation by the little hands of young children. The bricks can be divided into sets and groups which can be combined, stacked and counted. They also support the acquisition of numerous number concepts and key counting skills. The bricks can also be used as non-standard units for measuring activities, they can be used to represent data fields in surveys of student preferences and for all kinds of fun and games that have a mathematical theme or focus. Six Bricks is that multi-faceted resource with hundreds of ways to apply it across primary school mathematics, and in the process, reap a rich educational dividend for mathematics teaching and learning. Six Bricks can effectively deliver swathes of learning outcomes across number, measures, shape and space, along with data and algebra.Introduction