Reception maths question

[Peanuts33]

We got a note home from school saying the focus for maths next week will be positional language as in next to, under and over. I have no idea what this means in maths terms. Cd anyone shed some light please?

Thank you

It literally means using words to describe position: on top of, under, between, behind, in front of etc. It comes under shape and space but I can understand why it doesn't obviously seem mathsy.

I'm no teacher, but I'd imagine the words will mean what they always do, 'The mouse is under the chair' and so on.

Doesn't it mean that on a number line, for example, 7 is "next to six" and 7 is "above" six in value terms. That kind of thing?

No it means that the child can describe where an object is in relation to another. So she might place a teddy bear in a box and ask where is the bear? In the box ... moving the bear "where is the bear?" ... behind/next to /on top/in front of ect It's part of the shape space measure aspect.