Maths at home
There are many ways you can help your child with Maths at home. Here are some suggestions:
- Counting at any opportunity - steps, paving stones, leaves, in multiples.
- Using timers - how long does it take to do an activity, can they beat their time.
- Have a watch
- Cooking - measuring out ingredients, reducing a recipe.
- Playing a board game - logic and problem-solving skills, strategy.
- Puzzles
- Art - making pictures with shapes, building and construction.
- Den making - problem-solving skills and strategy.
We also run a school Maths challenge, as a homework task, which has more ideas for some hands-on, practical Maths activities.
- https://www.nationalnumeracy.org.uk/helpingchildren-maths/families is an excellent website for advice on how to support your child at home, how Maths is currently taught in schools and help with your own Maths knowledge.
- https://thirdspacelearning.com/blog/how-help-child-with-maths-at-home/ is a great blog full of tips on how to help your child with Maths at home. There are also links to Year group blogs which go through the methods of calculation that are used in that year group.