Skip counting spider webs
When I was at school many moons ago I remember learning to count in 2’s, 3’s 5’s and 10’s –…
Maths Games and Activities for Kids
Fun hands-on activities and games for learning numbers, shapes, colours and more. These Mathematics activities and easy to set up and your kids will enjoy doing them. From games and play ideas to printables check out these ideas below.
Pumpkin Seed Place Value – Subtraction Math Facts
To support and extend the learning that my eldest does in school we’re doing lots of different after-school activities with…
Currency Collections
As a child, I remember whenever we would return from vacation I would spend hours looking at the coins that…
Place Value Leaves: Read and Write
As a child I remember learning my hundreds, tens and units and then moving onto decimal places, thousands, millions etc……
Superhero Pattern Stones
One of the favourite topics that J’s school focused on last year was superhero’s and we’re so happy that our…
Chicka Chicka 123 – Multiplication Trees
In the last month of the 2014 – 2015 Virtual Book Club for Kids we’re focusing on books by Bill…
Grasshopper Addition and Subtraction Number Lines
As we head into year 2 (2nd grade) the maths that J is doing at school is starting to get…
Math Manipulatives – Sticks, ordering, sorting and estimation
One of the joys of learning is that although there are many resources that you can buy from companies around…
Ladybug Doubling and Symmetry
Simple activities that both my kids can do without drastic changes to the equipment or the plan are fantastic and…
Skip Counting Battlements
We’re lucky enough to live in the UK where we have easy access to castles and have 4 or 5…
Muffin Printable Math Game based on If you Give a Moose a Muffin
Last year as part of the Virtual Book Club for Kids we explored the book If you give a mouse…
How many kind hands am I tall? – measuring with hands
I must have spent most of the time from when T was born until she turned 2 and a half,…
Pancake Toss – Shape game
One of my favourite days in February (after Valentine’s day of course) is Pancake Day – ok “Shrove Tuesday” but…
Mary Mary quite contrary – pattern play
Nursery Rhymes are such a key part of childhood and some of our favourites are ones that I learnt as…
Snowman Math – Count and Peg
It’s another week of #playfulpreschool and this week’s theme is Snowmen – a favourite Winter theme for preschoolers. Each week the playful…
Mouse Count – number lines and number order
It’s time for this month’s Virtual Book Club for Kids post, and this month’s author is Ellen Stoll Walsh. Of…
Science and Maths for 3 – 8 year olds. Fizz Pop Bang Ebook
Hands on Science and Maths activities are the best way to enthuse children about these subjects and help them learn,…
Hands-on Classification and Sorting Activity with Dinosaurs for Kids
Dinosaurs are always a favourite with kids and mine are no exception – in fact what I’ve learnt in the…
Farm Themed Count and Add Activity for Preschool
Farms are a popular choice for preschoolers and this week we are focusing on Farms as the theme of the…
Fine motor and maths tools for playful learning
Over the summer vacation I had two goals to work on with J and T. With J we had been…
Ladybug Addition
Story Book Summer continues this week on the Bug theme – check out our book activity on Monday which spammed…
Preparing for School – Number Run
Over the last few weeks we have been helping you prepare your child for school come the autumn through play…
Ocean Animal Sorting Activity with FREE Printables
Ordering and sorting are one of the first ways that you can introduce measuring to toddlers and early preschoolers. An…
5 Homemade Math Games for Kids
Put the flashcards away and get creative making these 5 Maths Games for Kids ideal for preschoolers to help with…