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News: August 7th, an amazing date!

Two truly amazing times will shortly be with us - but only for a second each. At 5 minutes and six seconds after 4 am the time will be 04:05:06. On August 7th the date will be 07/08/09. Put these two together, so at 5 minutes and six seconds after...

Resource of the Week: Maths Worksheets on Subtraction

This is a great way for your child to learn about subtraction by counting back in ones. The frogs will help to hop back along the number line to do each subtraction. With four pages to chose from there's plenty here to help get started with counting back. This is...

What's New? Telling the Time (1)

Telling the time is one of those benchmarks which many parents use to judge how well their children are doing. In fact, many children find time a difficult concept and with the use of digital watches, mobile phones etc they come across the traditional clock face less and less. This...

Resource of the Week: Maths Board Game - Misox

Just about everybody knows about noughts and crosses, but Misox is much more thought provoking, yet just as easy to play. Play it just like noughts and crosses, taking it in turns to place counters on the board. But... the player who makes a straight line of three LOSES the...

What's New? Maths Worksheets on Adding 3 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...