Everyday learning : Read, Write, Count



Everyday learning : Read, Write, Count

This is a place where parents and carers can find ways to help their children learn vital life skills like reading, writing and counting.

The ideas and activities are simple, and either free or cheap to do. Most of them are designed so that can also fit into everyday routines: going to the shops or on the walk to school, making a meal or travelling on the bus.

The activities don’t take up much time and each suggestion has a wealth of links to suggest other things to do.


The activities are fun and take no planning or organisation, they are simply learning activities to do whilst you and your child are doing something else.

Engaging in simple educational activities can make a big difference to a child’s progress and enjoyment of school – worth a try…

Everyday learning : Read, Write, Count

Arithmetic : A brilliant online times tables activity…



Arithmetic by Colorado University

This is one of the best times tables support activities I have seen in a long time.

The game offers three modes on which pupils are offered the opportunity to Multiply, divide or determine factors.

Three Levels of each of the above are on offer: within 6×6, within 9×9 and within 12×12 making this activity suitable for use across the whole primary age range.

Each activity can be attempted against the clock so giving students the opportunity to improve their times and thus their times tables competence. There is also an option to tur off the sound (thank goodness!).

This activity is tablet friendly and works very well on my elderly iPad (double tap required to select a square in the matrix when on iPad)

Arithmetic by Colorado University

Fraction Matcher



Fractions Matcher From the University of Colorado asks pupils to recognise equivalent fractions both as graphic representations and expressed as numbers. Students are required to recognise equivalent fractions of a variety of differing shapes.

There are eight levels of difficulty in to chose from making this fractions activity suitable for all levels of ability across both Key Stage 1 and Key stage 2.

There is an option to play the game against the clock and the sound can be turned off (always a bonus!).

Pupils drag and drop fractions as images and fractions expressed as numbers in ti place on a virtual balance and check their work. If correct then a scale shows the user which of the two choices is the bigger and allows another attempt…

Fractions Matcher

This excellent fractions game is tablet friendly and performed like a dream on my elderly Pad.

Fractions Matcher

Toy Shop Money Game by Topmarks



Toy Shop Money is a game for helping children understand UK money. There are also versions of the game in other currencies – US Dollars and Australian dollars

There game has two options; in the first children click on a gallery of coins to make up varying amounts to buy the toys at their given prices, and the second Children are asked to work out the change from an amount tendered.

It is possible to select whether the game is played sith an array of coins all the same or whether a child is offered an array of mixed coinage from which to select coins for payment or change giving.

Top marks say that their money game is suitable for children from 4 to 11 years of age as it has varying levels of difficulty and I have to agree. From the simplest possible calculations, repeatedly adding coins of the same value, to complex calculations with mixed coins giving change from amounts up to £10, this high quality resource delivers.

It is suitable for use on whiteboards, desktop computers and all hand held devices.

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money/

“Tables thing” : a times tables practice activity



This activity was originally created so that my class could get competitive with themselves about improving their own times tables knowledge. It provides a written exercise in which pupils complete a 10×10 tables square, the difference being that the numbers along the top and down the left hand side are not sequential, preventing counting on.

By printing off the individual sheets linked below pupils can practise at home using the countdown clock which is also linked. For teachers wishing to use this as a daily morning activity there is also a ‘week to view’ printable.

Tables Thing Original
Numbers 1 – 10

Tables Thing Advanced
Numbers 1 – 12 excluding 1 and 10

Printable sheet for one week’s practice.

Stopwatch

The way we scored it was that the pupils were given 5 minutes to complete the grid and their score was the number of seconds taken to complete the grid plus the number of blanks and incorrect answers. So a pupil that only filled 84 squares and got 3 wrong would have a score of :

300 seconds allowed + 16 blanks + 3 wrong -= 319

A pupil completing all squares in 275 seconds and making 6 errors would have a score of:

275 seconds used + 6 wrong = 281

This allows pupils to have a number which they can compare to their previous bests and see the improvement they make over time.  To do it this way you need to have a countdown clock running so that they can see their time should they finish before the limit.

 

Calculation Balance



Calculation Balance by topmarks.co.uk

An excellent site for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division practice. Good for learning your times tables. Also it is a useful tool for teachers to demonstrate balancing simple equations.

Pupils are offered a number of screens with a pair of scales. In one of the pans is a sum or equation. The pupil’s task is to adjust the value in the other pan to make the scales balance.

Includes activities with number bonds, times tables, division facts, sums as words in a variety of different ranges of numbers – within 10, within 20 and tables/division facts in 2x, 3x,4x, 5x and up to 10×10.

This activity is Flash based and is great for desktop computers and interactive whiteboards but may nor work on some mobile devices and tablets

Calculation Balance by topmarks.co.uk
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