What's New: Multiplication as repeated addition

One of the best ways of explaining multiplication is to think of it as repeated addition. So, a multiplication such as 4 x 3 is the same as adding 4 three times (4 + 4 + 4) or 3 lots of 4. Of course, 3 lots of 4 is the...

What's New: Using the vocabulary of position

These four maths worksheets are all about learning the vocabulary of position, including on, above and under. Reception teachers will tell you that there are a good number of children who are not at all sure what these terms mean when they come into school, but I am sure that...

Resource of the Week: Maths Game - Bats and Balls

This bats and balls game will really help your child with their counting and matching of numbers up to 5. They can drag the correct number of balls onto the tennis court so that the number of bats and balls are the same. Is this how Andy Murray started off?...

What's New: Subtract from multiples of 10.

Here we are moving on to some quite tricky subtraction: taking a single digit from a multiple of ten. Before attempting these four pages children should be confident with counting up to 100 and counting in tens up to 100. There are several ways that these questions can be tackled...

Resource of the Week: Number Rhymes - 5 Red Apples

I expect your child really likes number rhymes and its great fun learning them together and saying them together. It's surprising how quickly young children can learn to recite them. This is a great number rhyme for helping your child to learn to count down, plus there are extra fun...

What's new: Matching 3-D shapes (2)

It's time to get all the boxes out and try to sort them into types depending on their shape. Much can be done at home to help with 3-D shape work and children love to play with empty boxes; the bigger the better. It's well worth collecting a store of...