Finger Patterns

Free and printable finger pattern cards - Four to an A4 page.

Click on the image to open the download site. Document is a PDF created at A4.

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Spring into Maths

I am working with a group of children on the 'Spring into Maths' programme, which is based on the work of Marilyn Holmes when she was a Numeracy Co-ordinator based in Dunedin. I needed some cards with 1-100 on them for the children to read and order - here they are.
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Click on the image or here for the download page.

Unfortunately I can't find a link to the original work but many schools mention them on their websites and could provide the programme itself.  

Winter Themed Make Ten Game

In this game children practise making ten. Click on the image to open the download site.

Winter Themed Addition

In this game children practise addition facts where one of the addends is 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 and the sum is between 10 and 18. Click on the image to open the download site.

Winter Themed Ten and... Bump Game

Here is another winter themed addition bump game. Children practise adding ten to a single digit. Click on the image to open the download site.

Number Knowledge Grids

Robot Addition Number Grid
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Robot Multiplication Number Grid
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Winter Themed Addition Games

I created some winter clip art and want to use them in a themed set of addition games. Will add to this post as they get finished.
In this game children practise making ten. Click on the image to open the download site.

In this game children practise addition facts where one of the addends is 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 and the sum is between 10 and 18. Click on the image to open the download link to the 2 page pdf file.

In this bump game children practise adding 10 to a single digit.
Click on the image to open download link to the 2 page pdf file.

In this bump game children practise doubles to 20.
Click on the image to open download link to the 2 page pdf file.

Click on the image to open download link to the png file.

Numeracy Card Games

These are two pdf files, each with five card games that practice a range of knowledge to support numeracy learning.

     

Click on the thumbnails for the download site.

0–10 Memory Match or Snap

These cards will help early numeracy learners practise numbers, number words, finger patterns and ten frames.

Click on the thumbnail to open the download page.

Multiplication Games - Halloween Theme

I have revised these multiplication games after feedback from two of my pupils - thanks Rebekah and Laken.  Click on the thumbnail to access the download.

Times Two

 Times Three

Times Four

Times Five

Times Six

Times Seven

Times Eight

Times Nine

Times Ten

I have been looking for basic facts games that are easy to store and pack away.  Ones that don't have multiple cards that need to be collected and bagged or special dice and spinners that need to be made.   These multiplication games have a Halloween theme using clipart I have created and don't require anything more than the game board and counters for each player.  

100th Day Posters

These are the posters I use to countdown the number of days until our 100th day celebration and then to see if we have 200 days in our school year.  They are laminated and then we can mark them off each day with a whiteboard marker.

Click on the images for the link to the download.

Calendar Maths

We are counting down the school days until the 100th day when we will have a celebration day.  For a maths warm up we record the number on this chart and complete the activities.  The second poster is for larger numbers and I use this after the first 100 days.

Click on the image to open download site.

100 Days of Learning

Yesterday was our 100th Day of learning at school for 2013.  We had some challenges to complete by ourselves and as a class.  We blew up over 100 balloons but when we came to count them there were only 93!  Some had gone pop!  Here we are in our 100 day smarter prince and princess crowns.

Here are some of the activities we completed.  Click on the image to open the download site.

More Martian Fractions

Martian Fractions Problem 1

Martian Fractions

Saturday saw me at the PMA (Primary Mathematics Association) Seminar Day where I listened to some great speakers including Vince Wright, Peter Hughes and Bobbie Hunter. 
Bobby shared the way she introduces fractions using a linear model within the context of martian chocolate bars.  When children have a strong sense of fractions as imaged quantities martian fractions can then be used to introduce children to a set model.  This was something I wanted to use with my children in the following week so I created this martian clipart to introduce the story -
"We all know that Martians are blue (in movies anyway) and they only like to eat blue food.  Martian chocolate is always blue and comes in only one length (one whole).  The chocolate we eat is many colours and comes in different lengths.  We are going to compare martian chocolate bars with ours." 
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Green Matt Martian - here

This link leads to Developing Communities of Mathematical Inquiry based on Bobby's research.

Dr Roberta Hunter – Senior Lecturer  
Massey University, School of Education - Albany

Number Wheels

Number knowledge is an important part of the Numeracy Programme in New Zealand schools.  I made these posters from an original document given to me by Team Solutions - Numeracy Facilitators.  I use them within a whole class warm up or knowledge teaching within a small group.  They can be used in independent learning time by an individual student, with a thinking buddy or a small group.

Click on each image to open the download site - Created as A3 size at 300dpi.