Showing posts with label Counting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Counting. Show all posts
Tuesday, 3 November 2015
Hopscotch
Traditional game of hopscotch, can help with counting but can also be differentiated to cover multiplications
Treasure Hunt Game
- Can be differentiated with different aspects of maths e.g. counting, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction, shape etc.
- Moving around board, which could have questions on them to do with different aspects of maths.
- Moving around board, which could have questions on them to do with different aspects of maths.
Pairs Game
- Cards face down with numbers on and children try to find number bonds e.g. to get to 10, need to find 7 & 3 or 6&4
Maths e-story books
Accessed via Oxford Owl (www.oxfordowl.co.uk)
- Find the Shapes
- Kipper's Diary (Days of the Week)
- Little Mouse, Deer and the Crocodile (counting to 10)
- Number poems
- The Three Bears (positional vocabulary)
- What time is it? (daily routine)
- Find the Shapes
- Kipper's Diary (Days of the Week)
- Little Mouse, Deer and the Crocodile (counting to 10)
- Number poems
- The Three Bears (positional vocabulary)
- What time is it? (daily routine)
Stand Up, Sit Down
- Can be differentiated by subject or speed
- All children stand and you call out a sequence (in times tables?). Teacher misses one number on purpose and when children think that a number has been missed they have to quickly sit down. The last person standing is out.
- Recognising sequences, times tables, counting backwards
- All children stand and you call out a sequence (in times tables?). Teacher misses one number on purpose and when children think that a number has been missed they have to quickly sit down. The last person standing is out.
- Recognising sequences, times tables, counting backwards
Counting Songs
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 once I caught a fish alive
- 5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
- 5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
- Ten in the bed
Counting Stories
- One, two, three, count with me
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar
- Goldilocks and the three bears
- The tiger who came to tea
Counting Stick
A counting stick can be used to help with counting in both KS1 and KS2 by counting different things.
In KS1 this can be used to count:
- count up and back down
- odd and even numbers
In KS2 this can be used to count:
- Decimals
- Fractions
- Mutiples/multiplications
- Number patterns
In KS1 this can be used to count:
- count up and back down
- odd and even numbers
In KS2 this can be used to count:
- Decimals
- Fractions
- Mutiples/multiplications
- Number patterns
Snakes and Ladders
The classic board game - Snakes and Ladders - can be effective in teaching keys areas of mathematics as well as life skills such as taking turns, waiting and helping our peers. The areas of mathematics that this game can help teach includes:
- Counting
- Addition
- Subtraction
- Doubling
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