Measuring Area
An animation from the BBC covering the concept of area, and different ways to measure and calculate the area of rectangles, triangles and composite shapes.
Shape Patterns
Shape Patterns is a shapes sequencing game. Complete the pattern of different coloured 2D shapes. There are three levels of difficulty.
Guided Reading and Reading Games with Roy the Zebra
A wonderful guided reading story with accompanying printable worksheets and guided reading discussion sheets. There are 80 interactive literacy games, stories and songs for use in school or at home. Well worth a look!
Caterpillar Ordering
A flexible game for ordering numbers and for number sequences. Fantastic on an interactive whiteboard. Levels range from ordering and sequencing numbers to 5 up to decimals.
Countdown Game
Test your mental maths agility and skills on this Countdown game. There are different levels of difficulty. It works well on an interactive whiteboard.
The Change Game
There are different levels of difficulty in this multiple choice game where you need to work out change from varying amounts. The game includes UK money and Euro options.
High Rise
Calculate the perimeter of rectangles and squares.
ict games
A treasure chest of delightful, free numeracy and literacy games for 5 to 8 year olds.
Finding the Area of Compound Shapes
A good site on finding the area of a shape based on rectangles on a grid. Estimate first and then compare with the actual area of the shape. Good as an IWB demo tool for teaching how to apply the formula to compound shapes based on rectangles.
Mental Maths Train
Mental Maths Train is a maths game which focuses on the essential vocabulary of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. A multiple choice game which can give children confidence in the four arithmetic operations.
