Practical ideas: Plates, biscuits and sharing

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...

Year 2 addition: Magic squares

Here are two magic squares suitable for young children. In a magic square all the rows, columns and diagonals add up to the same total. With these two squares all the numbers have been given, the problem is to put them in the correct places! It's a good idea to...

What's New: Multiplication and lots of money.

It is a good idea to keep reinforcing that multiplication can be seen as ‘lots of’. 3 lots of 2p can be written as 2p x 3, or, as multiplication can be done in any order, just 3 x 2 will get the correct answer. Our latest set of four...

What's New: 6 cube visualisation

Resources for visualising and describing the position of objects are rarely found in worksheets. However, it is an important skill to develop and this little game can help enormously, as well as being fun. You need two sets of interlocking bricks. Each set should have two each of three colours....

Year 2 addition: Add 3 numbers to make 100

Here we have another set of 4 pages which look at adding three numbers. This time the numbers add up to 100. Only multiples of ten and five are used. These are harder than many addition questions as they involve two operations. Firstly the numbers given need to be added...

Year 1 Weekly Maths programme

You may have noticed that we have put up a whole new category in our Year 1 resources. This is called our 'Weekly Programme.' Each week we will be collecting the very best of our resources in a pack of between 15 and 20 superb pages containing: Clear targets Practical...