Practical counting ideas: Coins in the tin

Here is another of our suggestions for practical activities that you can do with your children at home. Like most it is a fairly obvious, but very helpful activity, but not necessarily one that you would think of doing. Learning to count is usually a very visual activity, but it...

Year 1 Weekly resources: More handling data

It's amazing how quickly the weeks come round and we have another amazing set of resources for Year 1 Handling Data. There's more Venn diagrams and Carroll diagrams, both quite tricky for Year 1 children, but a great way to sort data. We also have tally charts on traffic and...

What's New: Shape patterns for year 1

Here is another in our series of shape patterns. This set of pages is slightly different from the earlier published shape pages because some of the sequences could be interpreted differently, allowing for a number of different possibilities. The important thing here is to discuss what the patterns might be...

What's New: Patterns in numbers

One of the reasons that we are able to count a number of objects quickly is that we recognise the pattern. Dice patterns are an obvious example of this - we recognise the pattern of four dots in a square with the fifth in the middle as 5 without actually...

Practical ideas: Hide the toys

Here is a fun activity for children who are learning to count and are just realising that numbers of objects remain the same even if they are hidden or moved. You need: a cloth and five small toys. Show the toys, count them together and agree on the total. Cover...

Calculator game: 10x table

Because the ten times table is a relatively easy table to learn this game becomes more a game of strategy. Can the player going second win the game? The idea is to get four in a row by working out which numbers need to be multiplied by 10 to get...