For this activity you need a pair of balance scales, a  number of cubes, small bricks, marbles or coins and some small toys. The idea is to weigh the small toys by using the bricks/marbles. Pick up a small toy, hold it and make an estimate, or guess, as to how many cubes will balance [...]

Dyscalculia and Dyslexia! Two tricky words to spell, but they could be part of the reason why your child has turned off maths, even at an early age. Sometimes the problems our children have with maths seem almost inexplicable and it can be very  frustrating as an adult trying to help a child who just [...]

We are rapidly coming to the end of the summer term and our year resources for Year 1, with this being week 34 out of 36. All organised around the Primary Framework Planning, this series of pages includes some great stuff on: Comparing and ordering weights Adding coins Counting on in twos and fives Finding [...]

Here is another simple idea to help children understand measuring capacity. At this early stage non standard units of measurement are used eg a cup or a glass full rather than the standard litres and ml. You need a small saucepan and a selection of different cups, mugs, glasses etc. Try to avoid containers which [...]

A set of excellent pages covering Block D, Unit 3 of the Primary Framework. It covers questions on time, left and right turns and some interesting matchstick patterns. Also in this week’s pack are some further pages on adding 3 numbers to make 10, subtracting from 20 and adding multiples of 10p. Perhaps a warning [...]

The two times table is usually the first table that is learned by children and we start off here with the table just up to 5 times 2. Learning the two times table should follow on from a lot of work on doubling small numbers: see the urbrainy doubling pages for more about this. Many [...]

Boxes which have been wrapped up, even in old brown paper or old birthday/Christmas paper are an excellent resource for maths as they are interesting as well as useful. Balance scales are also very useful for comparing weights. Wrap up some parcels so that they are different sizes and different weights. Take 3 of the [...]

Here is the very latest collection of printable resources to match the Primary Framework Year 1, Block D, Unit 3 plans. It’s time to learn the order of months of the year. Children will be quite knowledgeable about some months, such as their birthday month but not so confident with others. We have some great [...]

It is important that children recognise the relationship between addition and subtraction as early as possible as this will make their mental skills much faster. By relationships we mean that if one fact is known then several others can be realised. For example if it is known that 5 + 4 = 9 then the [...]

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