Mathematics 

Each week I we will be putting some mathematics tips for parents/carers to help with your child's maths learning at home. This week I am focusing on Stage 1 and they are learning all about Number. Below are some photos of the Year 1 and 2's doing their number activities and also some great ideas that you can be doing with them at home to consolidate their learning.

Number of the day online activity

Helping your child learn more about number:

• Count stairs, letter boxes,or objects in two, threes, fives and tens whenever opportunities arise;
• Put out the number of knives and forks needed for dinner and ask your child to count them in sets of two;
• Identify the number before and after a given two-digit number. This can be easily completed on mini-whiteboards or paper. 

• Talk about numbers whenever opportunities arise. Ask questions such as “Which is bigger/smaller/the same/different?”, house numbers on long streets;
• Take note of larger numbers as they occur (e.g. house numbers, page numbers in books).
• Encourage your child to read the numbers and talk about other ways they could have been written.
• Look at different number patterns

• Talk about the order in which you complete everyday activities such as preparing a meal, setting the table. Use words such as first, next, last, third, to describe the sequence of actions.
• Give your child directions using the language of order eg “First put the rubbish in the bin and then go and do your homework”.
• Ask your child to arrange objects in order, eg the family’s shoes. Talk about the order using words like first, second, third, last.