Our Practical Ideas resources are continuing to develop fast. With over 20 great ideas for things to do at home which lead to learning about maths, it is also becoming a popular resource with teachers. Having a set of plates and some biscuits can be an ideal starting point for introducing sharing equally. Why not have a teddy bears' picnic? Lay out 4 or 5 plates and put an unequal number of biscuits on each plate.  ((Make sure you put a number which can be shared equally between the plates.) Ask what is wrong. (You are looking for your child to say that there are too many on some plates, or not enough on others.) Can the biscuits be laid out so that there are the same number on each plate? This can be developed further by changing the number of plates, or having a number of biscuits which leaves a remainder - a vital concept to understand! Practical Ideas: Plates and biscuits