Numeracy Report 

Simple Ways Parents Can Help Their Child with Mathematics 

• Look for shapes and patterns in real life
• Have your child measure ingredients for a recipe you are making

• Ask your child to explain the maths  skills he or she is working on in school
• When helping your child with homework or school projects, ask him or her to explain how he or she got an answer
• Help your child find some appropriate number problem solving games to play online
• Play card or board games that involve counting patterns
• Ask your child to count change at the supermarket, or to estimate the total cost while you are shopping
• Compare:

Which is the tallest?

…the heaviest?

…the smallest?

…the fastest? 

…the hottest?

…the most expensive?

• Have tools such as a ruler, a scale, a calculator, and a measuring tape available to use in your house
• Encourage your child to track or graph scores or stats for a favourite sports team
• Use dice to make a game out of practising maths facts

Point out ways maths is part of “real” life:

Money, computers, music, art, construction, cooking…

All around us, every day.

Kind Regards, 

Klaudia Jellis

Leader of Mathematics