Category Archives: maths ideas

Cute spider 8 times table

Posted on March 3, 2017 by ofamily

I like finding patterns in maths and relating the patterns back to normal life.  I think it helps the kids understand concepts better.  So counting in 2’s or 2 times table you can use pairs of socks / counting in … Continue reading →

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Days of the week and story sums

Posted on February 20, 2017 by ofamily

I printed off these Hamish Cat Days of the week (from the Lighthouse Keeper story resources created by Twinkl – free to download) around 3 years ago when my daughter was reading the whole set of Lighthouse books (old post … Continue reading →

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Times Table strategies we used

Posted on February 17, 2017 by ofamily

Over the weekend I received two emails asking me how I taught my daughter her times tables.  I started writing my response and realized that what I wanted to say was a lot longer that a quick email answer so … Continue reading →

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Maths division

Posted on February 12, 2017 by ofamily

We are constantly working on maths in our house.  My daughter is not what most would say “natural at Maths” but she is a hard worker and likes to understand concepts.  I have found with Maths often it is just … Continue reading →

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Bean Bag, times table practice fun

Posted on February 3, 2017 by ofamily

We have often played maths games which involve throwing a bean bag or soft dice and the kids always enjoy them.  So yesterday when we were revising a few times tables I suddenly though why not combine our times table … Continue reading →

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