Ten Frames
A very versatile teaching tool which has 5, 10, 20 and 100 frames or grids as the facility to make your own custom frame. It could be used for addition especially number bonds, subtraction as well as creating multiplication arrays.
Alien Addition
A quick fire space invader type addition game. It is quite a challenge but will help you learn your number bonds to 20. Great for improving your mental maths skills.
Daily 10
Daily 10 has maths questions on a range of maths concepts: addition, subtraction, ordering, partitioning, digit values, rounding, multiplication, division, doubles, halves and fractions. Great starter or plenary activity. Useful for mental maths.
Chopper Squad
A game which focuses on one more and less and ten more and less addition with the aid of number grids. It can help children learn two digit numbers and this game is a simpler version of our Helicopter Rescue game.
Catch the Stars - Subtraction
Catch the stars in your bucket by working out the subtraction sums. Either subtract by mixed numbers or a single number up to 10. Be careful not to miss the stars.
Ten Frame - 1 to 20
A simple ten frame manipulative which shows either one or two ten frames and counters. You can display either horizontal or vertical ten frames.
Apple Picking
A missing numbers game which focuses on numbers from 0 to 20. Children are presented with a series of numbers and have to select the apple to find the missing number.
Using Numbers on a Number Line
An excellent podcast with ideas for improving children's understanding of number lines and how teachers can draw out pupils' reasoning skills, use of language and the beginning of understanding proportion.
Maths Hubs
The purpose of the Maths Hubs Programme, coordinated by the NCETM, is to help schools and colleges lead improvement in mathematics education in England.
Fruit Splat Addition
7 levels of addition sums to solve. The levels go up to adding two digit numbers with regrouping. Splat the fruit with the correct answers. Vary the speed to give yourself more time.
