Maths

Maths Tips

• It's a good idea to use materials that your child can touch to explain any maths problems. You can use ice block sticks and wrap them in groups of 10 with elastic bands and have loose sticks also (from the $2 shop). This will help your child visualise problems like 10 + 2 = 12 or 10 + 20 = 30... Let's count in tens, 10, 20, 30.. while placing groups of ten ice block sticks.
• Use stories when doing maths problems to help your child understand what the numbers really mean. E.g. 5 police officers were joined by 3 more. How many police officers were there altogether? If they have trouble holding a number in their head while working out a problem, help them draw a picture of the problem so they have a visual reference.

Maths Games

Interactive fun games. Click here to play the games.

More interactive games. Click here for one of my favourite websites.

Months of the year song. Click here.

Maths Songs

Count to ten and back song

Counting to twenty. Classic Sesame Street video!

Counting down from twenty. Counting backwards!

Advanced Maths Games

Click here to add teens.

Click here to play tens frame games.

Click here for adding games. Choose numbers 1-3 at first until you are ready for the higher numbers.

Click here to play shoot a fraction.

Click here to match fractions.

Click here to learn about the greater number (clue: the < alligator mouth eats the bigger number e.g. 70 < 90 and 90 > 70).

Click here to play "times/groups of" games. Choose only numbers 1, 2 and 10. Later on when you are feeling brave, choose 5.

Click here to play shoot a fraction.

Click here to match fractions.

Click here to play division games. Choose only numbers 2 and 10 at first. Later on when you are feeling brave, choose 5. When working out the answers, remember to think of the first number as lollies and the last number as people.