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Below are some ideas of how you can incorporate maths practice into your everyday activities. The downloadable PDF is a printable that can be shared with parents as well.
Below are some ideas of how you can incorporate maths practice into your everyday activities. The downloadable PDF is a printable that can be shared with parents as well.
Counting
Counting is an essential skill and important building block in maths learning. Any opportunity you can create for your younger children to count objects in a real world setting is a great way to help them develop this skills further. This can then be extended to counting on and also skip counting (counting in 2s, 5s, 10s..) to support learning of multiplication facts.
Counting is an essential skill and important building block in maths learning. Any opportunity you can create for your younger children to count objects in a real world setting is a great way to help them develop this skills further. This can then be extended to counting on and also skip counting (counting in 2s, 5s, 10s..) to support learning of multiplication facts.
Setting the table
Setting the table
- Counting - Setting the table, have your child count out cutlery, plates, glasses etc. You can have them total the number of items on the table once its set as a way of counting further.
- Counting on - e.g 'I've got 5 forks and now I'm going to get three more for our guests, how many will I have all together?' (have your child start at 5 and count 6, 7, 8
- Skip counting - have your child use skip counting to figure out the total number of place settings
Number stories
Number stories
- Make up number stories, for example with your child’s toys ‘I have 3 cars, if you give me 2 more how many will I have?’. Once you have modelled this for your child have them tell you their own made up stories.
- You can also have your child draw out their number stories and then write the math fact connected to it (like the child did in the picture above)
Lego counting
Lego counting
- Build a structure with your child and ask them for different quantities to continue the build. For example ‘I need 20 pieces to build this section of the wall, can you find them for me?’
- This can be done with any type of building block.
Baking (or cooking in general)
Baking (or cooking in general)
Baking is a great way to develop different maths skills such as:
Baking is a great way to develop different maths skills such as:
- measuring (e.g weighing out ingredients)
- calculating (e.g. if you have to halve or double a recipe)
- fractions (e.g. half a kilo, a third of a cup)
- telling time (e.g. using the clock to keep track of baking times).
Supermarket Outings
Supermarket Outings
- There are a lot of opportunities to practice math on a outing to the supermarket.
- For example, younger children can practice counting (e.g. asking them to get a number of apples) and older children can practice adding decimals (e.g. checking the total cost of items).
Further ideas in this article:
https://www.verywellfamily.com/teach-kids-math-at-the-grocery-store-62096
Number Hunt
Number Hunt
Have your child go on a 'hunt' for numbers around the house. This can support different skills such as:
Have your child go on a 'hunt' for numbers around the house. This can support different skills such as:
- Number recognition - Have them look for as many numbers as they can and write them down (can use a timer for extra challenge!)
- Place value - Have a challenge to see who can find the biggest number
- Times table - Challenge your children to find all the multiples in the times table they are reviewing
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