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...

What's New: Know what each digit represents

These four worksheets cover one of the most important concepts in our number system, that is, place value. The digit 7 has a different value, depending on its position within the number. In 765 it has a value of 700; in 675 it has a value of 70 and in...

Practical ideas: Dominoes for maths

We have a growing number of excellent ideas for activities you can do at home to help your child. They are found in Further Resources, under the title, Practical Ideas. The latest contribution is all about dominoes, which are a great resource to help young children with their maths. There...

Resource of the Week: Using 2D shape

Today we are taking a closer look at our shape worksheets. This is a great set of four worksheets helping with recognising rectangles, triangles and circles. It's a help to have some templates of these shapes handy to draw round and create fun pictures of your own. The robot on...

Practical ideas: 'I Spy!'

We are all familair with the game of 'I Spy' when played with the beginning letter of the object, but this game can be played really effectively to encourage looking at and learning the properties of shapes. Try 'I Spy!' with either 2D or 3D shapes, with questions such as:...