Maths at home
Supporting your child at home
Learning and remembering the foundational skills and knowledge in maths is essential for children's ongoing learning.
To help your child to be successful here are some ideas of activities you can do together:
Sing counting rhymes
Go on a number hunt or shape hunt in your house or local area
Play board games that involve counting
Go shopping together- encourage your child to tick off each item on the list and count items into a shopping bag - for example, 3 apples for younger children - get older children to pay with cash and tell you how much change they expect back
Cook together and talk about amounts, weigh and measure out ingredients
Talk about days of the week and months of the year
Have digital and analogue clocks at home and encourage your child to tell the time using these
Talk about time and time yourselves doing things - for example "I wonder how long it would us you to run/walk around the park." Estimate together and then use a stop watch to time yourselves
Learn times tables together and keep on practising!
Some useful websites for more maths practice and ideas:
BBC Bitesize - Online maths games and guidance for KS1 & KS2
Times Table Rockstars - Your child has a login and can access this from home to practise their Times Tables
Family Maths Toolkit - Exciting ideas for practising maths together at home
Transum Maths - Fun online games, puzzles and activities with guidance for parents
Maths on Toast - Ideas for maths activities you can do as a family