Mathematics

CURRICULUM FOCUS

This week in Maths we are learning to subtract.

VOCABULARY

Subtract - Taking away/minus a number from another number.

ACTIVITIES YOU CAN DO AT HOME TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD'S LEARNING

Begin with a small number of snack pieces on the plate (e.g., 10 grapes).

As your child, “If you eat 2 grapes, how many will be left?”

Your child can eat or remove the correct number of snack pieces and count how many are left on the plate. They can say the equation out loud, e.g., "10 take away 2 leaves 8."

Keep trying different subtraction problems, starting with numbers up to 10. Let the child “take away” by eating or removing pieces each time.