Maths
Internet ResourcesThere are a number of ways to help your child with mathematics. These websites are a great resource for mathematics games and support with topics your child is finding difficult or as a way to reinforce their learning from school. |
Sumdog |
BBC Bitesize |
Multiplication games |
Maths Dictionary |
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Mathszone |
Topmarks |
Woodlands Maths Zone |
Cool math 4 kids |
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Maths is fun |
There are also a number of practical ways to support your child with maths.
For example:
• Ask them to weigh out the ingredients for a cake as this will help them to read scales
• Measure out liquids e.g. when making a jelly (again reading scales)
• Paying for items in a shop and calculating the change
• Working out the time an activity takes or the time until something happens
• Budgeting for an event e.g. a birthday party.
• Calculating the distance covered when swimming
• Looking at deals in shops and working out which is the better valued combination e.g. 12 sausage rolls for £2 or 2 packs of 6 for £1.80 (the 2 packs is 20p cheaper)
• Involvement in any home improvements you may be considering e.g. the number of litres of paint required to paint a room, the size of the carpet neede in a room etc