Interesting idea – a place for parents, grandparents and carers to share video clips about how to help children with their maths homework. This is a prototype site which will be up and running for just 4 months to begin with. It is organised into year groups (just like this blog!) but not all year groups are covered yet. Continue reading “BBC-BackPage: web review”
Day: July 16, 2007
Fizz Buzz: Book review
Fizz Buzz: 101 Spoken Numeracy Games – Ideal for Mental Maths
Now, I am often asked what kinds of activities can parents do with their children at home to encourage mathematical thinking and to speed up knowledge of tables, addition etc. Well this book supplies many of the answers. The key is in the rest of the title: “101 Spoken Numeracy Games.” It covers pretty much everything in calculating and knowledge of number for primary school children and is aimed at mental arithmetic rather than pencil and paper maths. Continue reading “Fizz Buzz: Book review”
Free Y1 maths worksheets: Shorter and taller.
free maths worksheets measurement
Developing and using the correct mathematical language for measurement of length is crucial and the following terms should be used as often as possible so that children can understand their meaning and use the terms themselves with accuracy. This should be done before standard units (cm, miles etc) are introduced. Continue reading “Free Y1 maths worksheets: Shorter and taller.”