Category Archives: maths ideas

Adding and Subtracting Fractions

Posted on October 24, 2017 by ofamily

We are back onto fractions again, working on decimals but I realized I never wrote a post about how we looked at adding and subtracting fractions with the same denominator or how we looked at Improper Fractions (post later this … Continue reading →

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Acorn Number Bond Tree

Posted on October 19, 2017 by ofamily

We have been working quite a lot on number bonds with my youngest and we recently chatted about how if 2 + 8 =10 then 20 +80 = 100.  So I thought it might be fun to do something where … Continue reading →

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Rainbow Fraction Bingo

Posted on August 18, 2017 by ofamily

One of our ongoing “topics” at the moment is fractions.  We have been trying to do fun activities that reinforce my son’s understanding of fractions.  Just trying to bring them into our normal everyday life so that spotting something is … Continue reading →

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Fraction shapes

Posted on August 3, 2017 by ofamily

As my youngest has been learning more about different fractions and my oldest is trying to get her head around decimals, I kept trying to think of MORE activities that the two of them could do together.  And as the … Continue reading →

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Maths on the sliding doors

Posted on July 6, 2017 by ofamily

My kids love drawing on our sliding doors so recently we decided to try some Maths on the sliding doors.  For no real reason other than I like keeping their home learning activities varied and because I know how good … Continue reading →

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