Numeracy

Numeracy / Mathematics

To ensure your child continues to develop their numeracy skills, there are a variety of activities you can do with them at home: //Useful Numeracy Websites// //These websites have been selected as they focus on the teaching and learning that has been taking place in the classroom. They include activities that focus on number knonwledge, strategy, and maths strand (geometry etc)//
 * Writing numbers correctly ~ You can write these and have your child trace over the top. Use a variety of writing media such as pencils, crayons, chalk, pens, felts...
 * Oral counting to 10, 20, 30, 40 and so on. Encourage your child to start counting from random numbers such as 9, 13, 33. Ensure that the child is counting forwards and backwards.
 * Numbers before and after ~ What somes after 3? What comes after 56? What is ten more from 34? What is five more from 15? This can be written down, or done orally.
 * Skip counting (10, 20, 30 etc) This can be done in 2's, 5's, 10's etc. Again, have the child start from a random place, and do this in a forwards and backwards sequence.
 * Writing number stories ~ This involves giving the child a written and / or oral problem that involves numbers. //For example: I have 3 apples and I got another 5 apples. How many do I have altogether?//
 * Basic Facts!!!!! Your child has their basic facts cards so lots and lots of learning of these is very important. Basic facts include add one, add zero, groups to five and within 5, doubles to 10 and 20, halves to 10 and 20.
 * Play card games such as snap, Go Fish etc. Just flashing the number on a card is a fantastic way for children to identify numbers
 * Ordering numbers with cards is also helpful. Giving children random cards such as 1, 7 and 9 and encouraging them to order smallest to largest, largest to smallest is a great activity.
 * Counting everyday objects ~ knives, forks, buttons, plates, toys, marbles, pegs..........
 * Find objects in the natural environment and describe their shapes. For example find a selection of stones, leaves, sticks etc and group them according to shape.
 * Create pattersn with shapes and colours. Cutting out shapes from coloured paper and then making a pattern is a great idea, and makes a neat bedroom wall display!!
 * Puzzles!! Children love doing puzzles and they are a great way to encourage shapes etc.
 * Classification ~ Get a variety of children's toys and encourage them to group them by shape, colour etc
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Matching shapes ~ Draw a range of shapes with labels and get children to match them. //For example: Draw a square and write a shape with four sides, Draw a triangle and write a shape with three sides and get the child to match accordingly.//
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Written problems for children to solve: 5 + 5 = 6+ _ = 10
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Make up books about specific numbers. //For example: a book about ten may involve the child writing the number ten, drawing ten objects, making up a number story about ten, take a photo of a group of ten objects or ten fingers!//
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Role the dice and ask the children to tell you what the number is, what comes before it, what comes after it, double it etc

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