Category Archives: maths ideas
Measuring Animals
Last weekend my son started using his tape measure (we gave him a tape measure together with a few other items in an “explorer” backpack as a Christmas present) to show me the lengths of different snakes. It was a … Continue reading
Lines of Symmetry
The kids and I have been talking a lot about lines of symmetry while we have been looking at our Geometry and as part of that I have tried to include the idea of symmetry into some of the “arty … Continue reading
Measuring Angles
We have recently been introducing some basic Geometry ideas and both of mine have kept asking for more and more angle activities – we have done a few activities were we identified the different type of angles, compared the sizes … Continue reading
Skip Counting Spiral Snakes
We are doing quite a bit of skip counting with my youngest at the moment mainly because he is busy learning his times tables. We are just starting the three times so I wanted to find a fun way for … Continue reading
Talking about Angles
We have spoken about different angles before but just briefly so I decided it was time to start looking at them a bit closer. To begin with we just stuck to three angles – right angles, acute angles and obtuse … Continue reading
Maths Basket April 2018
We started Maths Basket’s last year and they have proved successful with the kids and very useful for me so we are continuing with them this year. The Maths Basket is a combination of Maths activities that I leave (in … Continue reading
Even Steven’s Odd! Fun Dice Game
It is no secret that I love using maths games with my two kids. I think they make maths more alive and the kids always end up practicing more maths if it is in a game format. It is one … Continue reading