A maths dictionary for kids: web review

maths dictionary for kids

Maths dictionaryHmm. Let’s get slightly controversial. Browsing for maths dictionaries I found ‘A Maths Dictionary for Kids’ by Jenny Eather on CD on the Cambridge-Hitachi site. Now it was difficult to find a price on this site so I went to R-E-M and also found it there, for sale for £115.09 inc VAT.

Now I know that this is an excellent dictionary as I have used it before – great graphics and clear explanations – but over £100 seems rather expensive. And it seems even more expensive when I can access it free of charge at A Maths Dictionary for Kids by Jenny Eather.

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Maths worksheets: Making number stories-addition. Y2

Making number stories at home

It’s a great idea to encourage young children to see maths as a story. Similar to year 1 but with 2-digit numbers being added, usually in the teens. Again answers can usually be given orally, with children being as imaginative as they like with their story telling, as long as they keep to the correct maths.

Further examples can easily be created at home, either on paper or on a computer screen.

2101-01 Making number stories: addition (pg 1)

2101-02 Making number stories: addition (pg 2)