Tag Archives: maths

Even Steven’s Odd! Fun Dice Game

Posted on April 3, 2018 by ofamily

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 →

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Number Practice Books by Schofield & Sims

Posted on January 3, 2018 by ofamily

My daughter has been using the Schofield & Sims Written Calculation workbooks for a year now and we have both noticed how her Maths confidence has improved.  The format really suits her and each book in the series contains lots … Continue reading →

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Maths Loop Cards

Posted on November 5, 2017 by ofamily

One of the Maths activities that we have been doing a LOT of lately has been Loop Cards / Dominoes.  The kids love them.  If I ask them to choose a Maths activity they often choose one of the Loop … Continue reading →

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Improper Fractions

Posted on October 27, 2017 by ofamily

One of the new Math ideas we introduced this year was Improper Fractions  (when your numerator is bigger than the denominator) and how you convert that Improper Fraction into a  Mixed Fraction (combinations of whole numbers and fractions).  And as … Continue reading →

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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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