Practical ideas: Seeds in a pot

You need to be well prepared to carry out this idea, collecting a set of plant pots, compost and seeds before starting. The idea is to plant a different number of seeds in each pot and then see how many come up.Plant one seed in the first pot, two in...

What's New: Doubling and halving

We have had several requests for some material on doubling and halving, so, here they are! Four great sets of worksheets, each of four pages, on doubling small numbers (up to 10) suitable for Year 1 and another four on halving. They begin by looking at doubling and halving numbers...

3 in a row addition game

Here we have a great little board game of strategy and knowledge of addition to play with your child. You will need 2 sets of 5 different coloured counters or cubes plus a calculator and the games sheet. Decide who is to go first. Player 1 chooses two numbers from...

What's New: Adding to a multiple of 100

This is the first set of worksheets we have published which uses multiples of 100.  The questions on the first two pages are straightforward addition of a single digit to a multiple of 100. Just watch for a typical mistake that many children make when first trying this kind of...

Resource of the Week: Adding 3 three numbers

Once children are really happy with adding two 1-digit numbers then they can move on to adding three small numbers mentally. There are various strategies that they can use to help them. Probably the best strategy of all is to start with the largest number, and this should be the...

What's New: Glove puppets for counting

Glove puppets are really popular in reception classes as a way of engaging children's attention and there are many maths activities that they can be used for.This activity involves the glove puppet making mistakes in counting and the children have to correct the mistakes. Children are more than happy to...