Bud's Number Garden
Join Bud the bee to explore his magical garden and practise recognising numbers, counting, sequencing and much more! How many creepy crawlies are hiding in the leaf pile? How many eggs are left to hatch?
Compare Numbers on a Number Line
Compare numbers on two different number lines and decide which is bigger. A great game to get children thinking about reading varying scales. Useful teaching resource on an interactive whiteboard.
Add and Subtract on a Number Line
Try adding and subtracting near multiples on a number line. Develop mental methods of addition and subtraction by adding and subtracting a multiple of 10 or 100, and then adjusting. Works well on IWB.
Underwater Counting
Can you find the treasure? You need to count the underwater creatures. This game has two levels: Count to 5 and Count to 10.
Ssssssnake Hotel
A great blog with lots of fabulous teaching ideas for reading/writing/performing poetry.
Wonderful Words, Creative Stories about Space
Improve two simple sentences by adding descriptive words. Observe how your choices affect the animated images. Use your sentences as inspiration for a story about space. A good site for demonstrating how to write more interesting sentences.
The Poetry Zone
An inspirational poetry site with all sorts. If you are between 4 and 18 you can send in your poems to be published. There are ideas for teachers on how to teach poetry. Read interviews with poets and find contact details for poets who visit schools.
Minus Miners
Use your knowledge of negative numbers to mine resources and save your village.
20 Bead Rekenrek
A great teaching tool for helping young children to understand numbers and learn strategies for addition and subtraction, doubling and halving.
Riddle of the Black Panther
Track down a black panther reported to be prowling around a town. Interview witnesses and gather information from sources such as a website, an advertisement and a newspaper article. A good guide to writing a report.
