Lego bricks, multilink, similar building blocks or just cubes are an excellent resource for helping with counting. Here are just two ideas for building towers, including counting up in ones as it is built, and down in ones as it is taken apart. Build two towers and comparing the number of bricks leads to more [...]
We are now getting well into the summer term and our most recent support resources for the Primary Framework planning in schools have been published. This is a great selection of practical ideas, printable pages and challenges, including work on: counting on in threes sorting 2D shape adding three small numbers counting up to 100 [...]
Early measurement is all about comparisons. Long before starting to use standard units of measurement such as metres, children need to be able to make sensible comparisons. For this set of worksheets the comparisons are all to do with measurement, using the terms thick, thicker, thickest and thin, thinner and thinnest. Remember, thickest and thinnest [...]
Having a toy shop is a great way to learn about money and gain confidence with addition and subtraction. If no shop is available why not try this set of worksheets which look at the change given from 10p. The usual way of working this out is by counting up but eventually the aim is [...]
Apologies for this week’s plans being a little late, but I have been abroad during the ‘ash crisis’ and only just made it back by cruise ship, during which time I did not have access to the site to upload this week’s resources! But, at last, here they are, including printable pages on counting back, [...]
This is a great game to play with your children once they have a good knowledge of the 3x table. The idea of the game is to put four counters in a row, across, down or diagonally, and of course, stop the other player from doing so. Knowledge of the 3x table will help enormously. [...]
We have several pages on ordering numbers in our ‘Going Along’ and ‘Moving On’ sections but these four pages are a little trickier and can be found in our Superbrains section, under Counting and Number. Four 2-digit numbers have to be placed in order, starting with the smallest. To do this they key digit is [...]
This set of four worksheets looks at multiplication word problems taken mainly from real life situations involving measurements. All the questions can be answered if the 2x, 5x and 10x tables are known. There is no extra help in the form of pictures to count or a number line. These are also quite tricky as [...]
This is the first in a series of 2 player calculator games which help with reinforcing knowledge of tables. You will need the grid, a calculator and two sets of coloured counters or cubes. Take turns to choose a number in the grid and say out loud what number you have chosen. Then enter a [...]
This is the second of our sets of worksheets which look at word problems involving multiplication. Only the 2x, 5x and 10x tables are used and children who knows these ‘off by heart’ will find the questions much easier. These pages are also helpful in getting children to recognise what type of maths operation needs [...]