Learning to automatically recall times tables is easy for some children, but a real challenge for many. Providing lots of opportunities for practise is an important step in helping the latter group achieve mastery. And like all learning, making this revision interesting and hands-on is important for motivation. Like our times table bingo and multiplication […]
Free Printable Preschool Counting Game
A fun printable, preschool counting game to help children learn to recognise the numerals 1 to 12 and practise counting with one-to-one correspondence. Why Play Counting Games with Preschoolers? Counting meaningfully requires children to do more than recite number words. To count meaningfully a child needs to apply the cardinal principle – that is, an […]
How to Make a Multiplication Wheel from a Paper Plate
With a child in fourth grade, we have been learning about multiplication for quite a while now. Whilst Miss 9 has a good grasp of multiplication as a mathematical process, we are still working on memorisation of times tables for quick recall. Some of the multiplication tables she mastered super quickly, but others have proven […]
Learning Games for Kids: BAM! for Phonics, Sight Words, Multiplication & More
So BAM! is the latest craze at our house at the moment! My girls play this fun learning game at breakfast and the whole family plays at dinner. I love that it is super simple to make and my kids are revising what they are learning at school without even realising it! For Miss 9, […]
Multiplication War. A Super Fun Way to Revise Times Tables.
A deck of Uno cards is all you’ll need for this fun multiplication game – it’s time for War! A great game for revision of times tables at home or school, Multiplication War is a fast paced battle best played in pairs. How to Play Multiplication War Number of players: Play in pairs. Equipment needed: […]
