1. YEAR ONE MATHMATICS
Practical Maths
at Home

2. Why do maths at home?
Children learn that maths is used in everyday life
Being comfortable allows for deep-level thinking
Children enjoy learning from parents and brothers and sisters
It doesn’t feel like “work”!

3. Number Practise
Play Snakes and Ladders and other counting-on board games
Helps with number
recognition from
Turn-taking
Dot numbers on a dice
Clockwise-anticlockwise
directions

4. Number Practise
Recognise and read numbers everywhere

5. Number Practise
Practise writing numbers in fun ways

6. How many stairs you have.
Number Practise
Challenge children to investigate and write…
How many stairs you have.
How many windows?
How many kitchen cupboards?

7. Number Order Practise ordering numbers in fun ways Numbers 1 – 20
10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100

8. Practise Adding & Subtraction
Adding or taking away on a number line
7 + 4 = ?

9. Practise Adding & Subtraction
Adding or taking away on a number line
= ?

10. Practise Number Bonds
Number bonds are the pairs of numbers which make another, so…
… all equal 10
Number bonds to 10 are very important

11. Practise Number Bonds Get your child to…
count out 10 sweets (or grapes, raisins etc)
then share them between 2 plates
How many different ways can your child do it? 6 7 4 3

12. Practise Number Bonds Get your child to write number bonds down
Make a number bond rainbow
Try bonds to 20
What about to 100?
i.e …

13. = 50 + 5 Number Partitioning What does the 2 in 26 mean? …20!
So, 26 = …or 2 tens and 6 units
Spot numbers around the house – help your child to partition them… =
(or 5 tens and 5 units)

14. Number Partitioning
If your child is ready and happy to, get them to write down their partitioning in different ways.
Then try numbers over 100, so…
157 =
234 = 59 or
59 = 9 50

15. need to cook for everyone in the house?
Number Problems
In daily life, we are always doing quick calculations…
Let your child help you do the maths!
(This shows them how useful maths really is)
How many
minutes until my
TV programme
starts?
How many
sausages do I
need to cook for everyone in the house?

16. Number Problems
You could also you child to do tally charts for sandwich choices for picnics, or everyone’s favourite cereals to help with the weekly shop.

17. Halving & Quartering
When cutting your pizzas up – talk about whether you have cut it in half or even quarters.
How many halves or
quarters are there?

18. Weights & Measures Bake!
Make sure you read all numbers together and talk about the units…
g = grams (for weight)
ml = millilitres (for volume)
Look at the scales, ask…
“Do we need more or less?”

19. Practical Maths at Home
Keep it
fun!