Maths

In Reception we develop the children's maths skills to help them achieve their Maths Early Learning Goals. We lay the foundations for the children to develop their calculation skills in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. This then means they have the skills they need to access their maths learning when they move into year one and start on the National Curriculum.

We have a daily Maths lesson where we focus on learning numbers to 20 and learning about shape, both 2D and 3D, and learning about measures - size, weight, capacity, position, time and money. 

How you can help

Most importantly.....have fun!

While you're out and about -

• Sing number songs

• Identifying numbers on route – numbers on houses, on lampposts, on road signs, on cars

• Looking for a particular number

• Identifying shapes in the environment

• Looking at and handling coins while shopping. Look at prices.

• Looking for different patterns – stripes, spots, zigzags

At home - 

• Sing number songs

• Counting anything and everything!

• Practice writing and forming the numbers correctly.

• Pretend shopping – write price labels for shop, use 1p coins to pay for items and develop simple adding

• Sharing out sweets, biscuits, juice so everyone has the same.

• When setting the table ask your child to count out ten tomatoes into a dish or put fifteen biscuits onto a plate

• Play hide and seek counting to 20

• I spy with shapes – ‘I spy with my little eye something that is a circle/square/ cube/sphere

• Play dice games with two dice. Find total to move.

• Practise counting on using numbered board games.

• Make repeating patterns with everyday objects

• Read stories involving numbers.

• Play number games – Snakes and Ladders, Number Snap, Dominoes, Number Lotto.

• Make a tally to record things they see.

Useful Websites

 Try Topmarks age 3-5 years and 5-7 years to find many interactive online maths to help teach children develop maths skills.

  Here come the Numtums, the adventurous creatures with numbers on their tummies. Play maths games, watch clips and sing songs.

  Fun learning through play helps kids achieve Foundation stage goals.

  Loads of fantastic free online maths games to help you practise maths skills.

 Join in with Little Learners and explore all of these fun and free maths games, activities and clips.

Cbeebies has lots of Number Blocks videos and games to watch and play.