How to Support Learning at Home in
Mathematics
Tuesday 1 March 2016
How to best support your child’s
learning at home
Make it fun!
Make it real!
Be patient!
How to use these simple tools at
home
Instructions for ‘Get out of my House’
• Children play the game in pairs. Game board with the numbers 0 -20
displayed in a grid. Dice: (6 sided dot dice and 10 sided dice)
• Each child has 7 counters of the same colour. Their partner has a different
colour but also needs seven.
• Children take it in turns rolling two dice. Depending on the developmental levels of the students
playing the game, they may simply add or subtract to make an answer with
the two dice.
• One of their seven counters is placed on that number. The
objective is to get all seven counters on the board before the other player.
• If a student lands on top of number that has their partner's counter on it
they take the place and send the counter back to their partner. Students can
have more than one counter of their own on the same number but if their
opponent lands on that number all counters are sent back.
Key Number Concepts in Prep
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Oral counting
One-to-One Correspondence when counting
Trust the Count
Subitising small collections
Linking symbols with objects and counting
Deep knowledge of all 1 digit numbers
Number ideas
 Practise moving items as you count them.
 Try and ‘trick’ your child by moving things
faster/slower and encourage their counting to
match.
 After counting ask, ‘how many were there’?
 Work out all the ways of making numbers, eg 5 can
be made of 4 and 1, 3 and 2, 1 and 1 and 3, it’s one
less than 6 etc.
Using a 100 Chart
 Cover numbers and have children
work out the covered number and
explain how they know.
 Play fastest finger, say a number
and see who can point to it first.
 Give clues, find the number that is
one more than…before, after etc
Playing ‘Get out of my House’
 Take turns rolling a dot dice and
place a counter on the numeral
that matches the number rolled
 In this task we are working towards
children ‘knowing’ the dice
numbers without counting and
matching objects to symbols
(numerals)
Key Number Concepts in Year 1
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Counting forwards and backwards
Develop efficient counting strategies
Model and represent number in multiple ways
Partition numbers
Deep knowledge of all 2-digit numbers
Number Ideas
 Practise skip counting aloud and look for
opportunities to show how skip counting items is
more efficient than counting by 1s.
 Practise counting forwards ad backwards from
different starting points.
 Work out multiple ways of making numbers, eg 46
is the same as 40 and 6, 20 and 20 and 6, 40 and 1
and 5 etc.
Using a 100 Chart
 Colour different skip counting patterns
and describe what they look like.
 Play ‘race to 100’ by rolling dice and
moving spaces, encouraging your child
to work out their move mentally first or
use skip counting knowledge rather
than count by 1s.
 Give clues, find the number that is ten
more than, 9 less than, etc.
Playing ‘Get out of my House’
 Take turns rolling 2 dot dice and
add or subtract the numbers.
 In this task we are working towards
children using their knowledge of 1
digit numbers to add/subtract
mentally.
Key Number Concepts in Year 2
 Investigating and exploring the properties of
numbers up to 1000.
 Describing patterns with numbers and
identifying missing elements.
 Partitioning numbers up to 1000 but an
emphasis on numbers up to 100.
 Solve simple addition and subtraction
problems.
Number Ideas
 Exposing your child to real life situations involving
numbers with 2-4 digits.
 Work out all the different ways you can make the
number 100. E.g. 50 and 50, 70 and 30, 80 and 20
etc.
 Use cards to play games that involve addition and
subtraction to promote mental computation.
 Using materials around the home, ask your children
to group items in 2s and 10s.
Using a 100 Chart
 Colour different skip counting patterns
and describe what they look like.
 Play ‘race to 100’ by rolling dice and
moving spaces, encouraging your child
to work out their move mentally first
or use skip counting knowledge rather
than count by 1s.
 Give clues, find the number that is ten
more than, 9 less than, odd, even etc.
Playing ‘Get out of my House’
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Take turns rolling 2 six-sided dice and add
or subtract the numbers.
You can also allow your children to roll 2
10-sided dice.
In this task we are working towards
children using their knowledge of addition
and subtraction of 1 and 2 digit numbers.
Key Number Concepts in Year 3
 Describing and creating patterns using addition and
subtraction.
 Represent and solve multiplication problems.
 Explaining the connection between addition and
subtraction.
 Model and represent unit fractions including 1/2, 1/3 1/4,
1/5 and their multiples to complete a whole.
 Represent and order numbers with 4 digits (up to 9,999)
 Represent money values in multiple ways and count the
change required for simple transactions.
Key Number Concepts in Year 4
 Exploring different number sequences involving multiples
of 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9.
 Exploring and describing number patterns resulting
from performing multiplication.
 Representing and ordering numbers with 5 digits (up
to 99,999)
 Representing and ordering fractions.
 Making the connection between multiplication and
division.
Number Ideas for Year 3 & 4
 Use materials at home to create number patterns
involving multiplication.
 Recall of multiplication facts using songs and games.
 Board games such as ‘Snakes and Ladders’ to make the
connection between addition and subtraction.
 Ordering items purchased from the shops using the
prices at the shops.
 Using materials at home to group items in 2s, 3s, 4s,
5s, 6s, 7s, 8s, 9s and 10s and using those to make the
connection to multiplication.
Using a 100 Chart
 Have your children colour in the multiples of 2-10 in
different colours. Remembering that there are
multiples with more than one factor.
 Play ‘race to 100’ by using a deck of cards to randomly
draw a card and children can then choose whether to
add, subtract, multiply or divide the number they are
on by the number on the card.
 Children can create and play their own version of
snakes and ladders (making sure they’re familiar with
the original)
 Give your children clues to a number including the use
of odd and even numbers and using ‘greater than’ and
‘less than’ clues. Children can compete with another
person to point at the correct answer.
Playing ‘Get out of my House’
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Take turns rolling 3 or even 4 six-sided dice
and add or subtract the numbers. This can
then be extended to rolling 2 10-sided dice.
When using the 6-sided dice, you may wish
to allow your children to multiply the two
numbers.
In this task we are working towards children
using their knowledge of mental
computation of addition and subtraction
and their knowledge of multiplication facts.
Additional Information
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