Free Year 1 Maths Worksheets
Year 1 maths worksheet: Christmas halving
From time to time it’s nice to have a topical maths worksheet and here is one for year 1 at Christmas time.
The ability to double and halve numbers quickly is a great strategy to have at your fingertips as it can help later with all sorts of calculations. Here we have a year 1 page which looks at halving small even numbers. The theme is Christmas and there is lot’s of drawing! You might like to give a separate piece of paper so that the drawings can be done larger than on the sheet; or it could be very useful as a whiteboard activity.
Whilst I do not have a great many Christmas pages or a separate category for this I do know that urbrainy have an increasing number of them for the whole primary age range. A small selection are available absolutely free at:
http://pages.urbrainy.com/happy-christmas-2011
Halving small numbers (Christmas)
Year 1 addition game
Early years teachers are great at coming up with resources to help with addition, without them just being rows of sums. The teacher writers at urbrainy.com have come up with some excellent resources for year 1, including this great little board game for two people which involves both using a strategy and knowing addition facts. It is best played with one adult and one child, but beware you may lose! You will need 2 dice, 2 sets of 5 different coloured counters or cubes plus a calculator and the games sheet.
Decide who is to go first.Player one goes first and rolls the two dice. Add up the total and place a counter on a square showing that number. If the number has already been covered it becomes the next players go. Then player 2 has their turn. Some numbers, such as 7, come up on the grid several times (as there is a greater chance of throwing a 7 than any other total) so it is important to think about which 7 the counter is placed on.
The winner is the first person to put three counters in a row, across, down or diagonally. Sometimes it is more important to block the opponent than to try to create your own 3 in a row.
This game can be found in our Year 1 Calculating category
Year 1 money worksheets
Children in Year 1 need plenty of practice with counting coins and adding up totals. There are several worksheets in the Year 1 calculating section which are ideal for this.
One shows mixed amounts of coins yo to 10p pieces to count.
The second looks at how much change should be given from 10p when spending small amounts of money.
The third is a more general mini-investigation whicjh looks at how many different ways an 8p yoyo can be bought using a selection of 1p and 2p coins.
Year 1 maths resources
All the maths worksheets for Year 1 are to be found by clicking on the Free Maths Worksheets link at the top of the page. The worksheets have been organised into categories following the guidelines of the primary Framework for Mathematics, although this is now under review.
The categories are:
Counting and Number: looking at counting small numbers in steps of one and writing numbers.
Know number facts: counting on and back in twos and knowing addition facts to 5.
Calculating: including adding small numbers, taking away and an introduction to money
Understanding shape: at this stage recognising triangles, rectangles and squares as well as introducing some 3D shapes
Measuring: using non standard measures and comparing
Handling Data: mainly making lists
Using and Applying Maths: making number stories and investigating.
Whilst there is a considerable amount here it is next to nothing compared to the URBrainy site which is the best that I have found online, with over 1700 colourful pages of maths for Year 1, including full answers.
Year 1 maths vocabulary
If a child does not respond to a mathematical question it may be because they do not understand the words or instructions used. Another difficulty can arise when a mathematical term has a different meaning in everyday English eg ‘table’.
In the Year 1 maths category there is an excellent list of the vocabulary children need to understand and use in year 1. For example, the following list has the new words that they should come across in school during year 1 to do with calculating and solving problems.
Words to do with calculating and solving problems:
plus near double
how much more is…? how much less is…?
subtract minus
half halve
equals sign
number sentence
operation
There are similar lists for calculating, measures and position. These words can be printed larger so that they can be used as ‘flash cards’ or displayed on the wall.
Year 1 addition and subtraction
In year 1 there are several key addition and subtraction and skills that have to be learned. Addition is related to counting on which children will still need plenty of practice with. It is also important to realise that addition can be done in any order.
Subtraction is seen as ‘taking away’ or ‘finding a difference’.
We have a number of simple addition and subtraction worksheets in our Calculating section of our year 1 resources. One of my favourites is the Dice: 3 in a row game which is a simple two player game involving adding the totals when rolling two dice. A mixture of strategy and luck will help win this game.
Year 1 Counting back
One of the most important learning objectives for year 1 is counting objects and beginning to count on and back. This worksheet looks at counting back, using small numbers and should be used after a lot of practical counting back has already been done. Use objects on a tray, taking one off at a time to count down. practice starting at different numbers below ten and counting down to zero. Also don’t forget to use our counting back in ones games.
Year 1 maths worksheet: early subtraction
It is sometimes difficult to find subtraction worksheets that are basic enough for very young children. This page looks at subtracting one or two from 1-digit numbers. There is no number line to help, so it is very much a mental arithmetic exercise. Most children will approach it by counting back one or two, possibly using their fingers to start with.
Don’t forget to colour in the smiley (hopefully) faces at the bottom to show how many were correct.
Year 1 Counting and Number
Children need as much practice as possible with counting up to 10 and you can not have too many resources to help with this. Of course, counting in the real world is the best place, whether it is in the kitchen counting spoons, or on the beach counting shells. However, it is also useful to have resources which can be printed or looked at on a compter. Why not use the free Mathblog resources to help?
Watch your child when they are counting objects and see if they are saying one number name for each object and that the last number they say is the number in the set. Look also for children who move the object they are counting, or mark it so that it is not counted twice. Don’t always ask children to count the whole set – just ask them to count 5 of them and see if they know when to stop.
We have a growing number of counting worksheets which help with these skills.
Year 1 Addition: Four in a row game
This is a game for you to play with your child which urbrainy.com has allowed us to publish. You need two coloured pens to show who has answered the questions and a calculator in the case of any disputes!
Player 1 (with the red pen) goes first and chooses a square and writes down the correct answer to the sum.
Then Player 2 has their turn.
The aim of the game is to get a run of four correct answers in a row, either across, down or diagonally.
Correct squares could be coloured if this makes it easier to see the row of 4 developing.
You can make up extra rules yourself. For example, an incorrect answer could mean the other p[layer colours the square, or it could give the other player a free go. You decide!
Year 1 addition game: 4 in a row
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