Nurseries told to use snack and storytime to teach children maths Katy Morton Friday, July 9, 2021 Early years settings and schools should treat routine daily activities as opportunities to integrate maths, recommends a new report into ways to boost children’s early numeracy skills. The EEF outlines a number of ways settings can help develop children's early maths skills within its new report The new guidance reportfrom the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), published today, recommends ways early years settings and schools can improve the maths skills of three – to – seven-year-olds and help close the numeracy attainment gap, particularly for children facing socio-economic disadvantage.