Free Y1 maths worksheets: Counting in twos.

Free Maths worksheets: Counting in twos.

know2Two maths worksheets which look at counting on and back in twos. When doing this keep to small numbers until children are really confident moving up and down a number line in twos. Don’t forget you can create your own number lines on a path, driveway etc and jumping up and down in twos can be more exciting than just jumping in ones! Start at different numbers and talk about what is happening eg counting down – with odd numbers you will always end on one, whilst with even numbers you will end on zero. It is also easy to make your own number tracks on paper – with a little imagination move a train along a track or a pirate’s prisoner along the plank! Once again, it can’t be emphasised enough how important it is to play simple board games with your children where they are moving counters along a number track.

Free Y1 maths worksheets: Counting in twos (pg 1)

Free Y1 maths worksheets: Counting in twos (pg 2)

Free Y1 maths worksheets: Count in steps of one.

free maths worksheet counting in ones

countingTwo more maths worksheets to help with counting. Children need an awful lot of practice at counting. To begin with they will probably touch each picture as they count up. Try counting the same set of cakes, but starting from a different cake. Colour the cakes in two different colours and count how many of each colour – this helps with early addition. The more you can do the better – make collections of cuttings from magazines of animals, food, cars etc and create a scrapbook. Count the number of pictures. Nothing wrong with using fingers to count on – most people do it!

Free Y1 maths worksheets: Count in steps of 1 (pg 3)

Free Y1 maths worksheets: Count in steps of 1 (pg 4)

Free Y1 maths worksheets: Making lists.

free maths worksheets making lists

data 1Collecting sorting and counting are the first steps to data handling. Making lists is important; there are ‘closed’ lists such as days of the week, which have a small possible range and ‘open’ lists such as names with 5 letters.

Whilst trying to sort a list it is important to talk about the reasons for including an item. Make the most of the plentiful opportunities at home to create lists, ranging from shopping lists, to jobs to do, to Christmas presents.

Free Y1 maths worksheet: Making lists (pg 1)

Free Y1 maths worksheet: Making lists (pg 2)

Free Y1 maths worksheets: Shorter and taller.

free maths worksheets measurement

measureDeveloping 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.”

Free Y1 maths worksheets: Counting on and back in twos.

Free Y1 Maths worksheets Counting on and back in twos

CountingNumber lines are great! Once children have become used to counting up and down in single digits and can count up to 10 and back to zero confidently, they can be encouraged to count in steps of two (2, 4, 6, 8, 10). Don’t try this until they are really secure with counting in ones and only go up to 10 to begin with. Continue reading “Free Y1 maths worksheets: Counting on and back in twos.”

Free Y1 maths worksheets: Recognise triangles.

free Y1 maths worksheet: recognise triangles, shape, 2D, 3D

shape1Shapes are all around us, so it is easy to find activities which help young children understand shape. Don’t be afraid to introduce the names of 2D and 3D shapes early on. Here are some ideas such as:

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Free Y1 maths worksheets: Making number stories.

free maths resources: making number stories

Something you don’t find in most maths books, nevertheless very important. Helping children to realise that a number sentence such as 3 + 4 = 7 can have meaning in the real world as a practical event.

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Free Y1 maths worksheets: Adding small numbers.

free maths worksheet, adding help for home schoolers

Get it right from the beginning, or a child lost forever. To begin with addition should be thought of as the combination of two sets to make a total set. Understanding vocabulary is important. Use the words, add, more, sum, total, altogether, equals.

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Free Y1 and Y2 maths worksheets: Counting on and back.

Counting on and back free resource

This is the very first of many free worksheets which will be available via this blog. We have exclusive rights to the worksheets which will soon be available as a small part of the mathsgogogo.co.uk site – opening later this summer.

These first four worksheets are aimed at year 1 and year 2 children aged about 4 to 6 years old. They are in pdf format and can be downloaded and printed for home use.

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