Resource of the Week: Bigger, biggest.

Learning the correct terms to compare things is vital in the Early Years and one of the most important aspects of measurement. Here we have four more great maths worksheets on maths vocabulary for young children, looking at bigger and biggest. You can find these in our Shapes and Measures...

Addition: Four in a row

This week we have a set of four addition worksheets with a difference. These are rather like wordsearches, but harder! Rather than letters of the alphabet there is a grid with 25 sums in it. The task is to find a set of four sums in a row which all...

What's New: Subtraction questions

It is important that children recognise that subtraction questions can be phrased in several different ways. These four worksheets use the following: 9 take away 4 take 4 from 9 9 subtract 4 subtract 4 from 9 what is 4 less than 9 ? how many less is 4 than...

Resource of the Week: Writing numbers

We all know adults who write numbers in weird and wonderful ways, which often makes the numbers difficult to read. It's vital that your child learns the correct way to form his or her numbers, where to start, and in which direction to move the pencil. There are only ten...

Challenge: Year 2 Shape and Money

Circles, triangles, rectangles and hexagons can be bought in the shape shop. They are priced according to the number of sides. Circles cost 1p hexagons 6p etc. What shapes can be bought for 20p? A good challenge which uses knowledge of shape, counting money and logical thinking. There are a...

Year 1 worksheets: Addition number grids

Plenty of pracice here on adding two 1-digit numbers. The grids are similar to times tables grids but adding the numbers rather than multiplying. The numbers across the top are added to the numbers going down on the left hand side. Could be used as a timed challenge, seeing how...