Please see below some areas of Mathematics that would benefit your child. These are areas you can work on together, spending just a few minutes a day on one or two.
Number and place value
- Counting up to 100 forwards and backwards
- Reading and writing numbers up to 100
- Reading and writing numbers up to 20 in words
- Counting on and
- Knowing addition and subtraction facts up to 20
- Learning the 2, 5 and 10 times tables, plus division facts
Measuring
- Telling the time to the hour and half hour
- Putting the days of the week and months of the year in order
- Measuring length, weight and capacity and comparing these measurements
Geometry
- Recognising, naming and describing common 2D and 3D shapes
- Using shapes to make patterns, models and pictures
- Describing whole, half, quarter and three-quarter turns
Ideas to try:
- Play games: a simple board game such as snakes and ladders gives your child valuable practice in counting on. Dominoes are also good for counting spots and matching numbers
- Play cards – take out the Kings, Queens and Jacks and then try to turn over two cards that add up to ten. You can play a similar game with dominoes, counting the spots
- Point out odd and even numbers on houses when you go out for your permitted daily exercise
- Get your child to add up the numbers on car number plates or buses
- Build a tower – blocks are perfect for talking about size and shape
- When you’re cutting a cake or pizza, talk about halves and quarters
- Encourage your child to spot the different shapes you can see on the way to school
- Get cooking: children love to weigh out the ingredients and check the timer