Help Your Child with Maths

Maths

Learning Targets for Year 1

HELP YOUR CHILD WITH MATHS

Targets for Year 1

These targets are designed to give you some idea of the things most children will be able to do by the end of this year.

Compare the lengths of two pieces of string.
Guess the length or weight of an everyday object.
Talk to you about everyday 2D and 3D shapes.
Read and write the numbers to 20.
Count reliably at least 20 objects.
Order the numbers 1-20
Count forwards and backwards from any small number.
Pick numbers between 0-30. Can they say which numbers are more or less? Can they say what one more/less than a given number is?
Know all the different ways you can add up to 10.
Tell you about adding and subtracting with numbers up to 20.
Tell you how they worked out a sum they’ve done in their head.
Understand what you mean by double or halve. Tell you the doubles of numbers to at least 10.
Count on or back in ones, twos, fives and tens.
Read the time to the hour and half hour.

Some fun activities to help your child’s mathematics

Make a number line with your child, making each number special, e.g. 5 goldfish, 2 brothers etc…Hang it somewhere they will see it often.

(They could write the numbers on, or draw/stick pictures to go with the number too)

Ask questions, e.g. what is the number after 8? Which number comes between 2 and 8? What is 2 less than 6? If I start at 7, how many do I need to add to get to 11?

Encourage your child to add by counting on, e.g. 6 + 3 is 6 and 3 more, so start at 6 and count on.

Collect objects, e.g. shells, buttons. Combine them in different ways to make a total, e.g. 10. This is great for number bonds to 10 – different ways of making 10. Easily extendable by increasing the number.

This could be used with stepping stones in the garden, lampposts on the way to school, magnetic numbers on the fridge door.

Car numbers – Each person selects a number. The game is to find a car whose digits add up to your number, e.g. 20. So, 7 + 9 + 4 = 20.

Talk about the different shapes of tins, packets, boxes etc… in the supermarket.

On the way to school look for different shapes e.g. triangle, square, circle, rectangle, and talk about what makes that shape special.

Some games to play with your child to help develop counting:

·  Skipping

·  Hop Scotch

·  Snakes and Ladders

·  Bingo

·  Skimming Stones

·  Skittles

Don’t forget your questioning! How many skips can you do? Is that an even number? You did 14 skips, what would 2 more be? How many more to make 20?

Useful Resources to have at home to help with your child’s learning:

Number line - 0-20 or larger.

100 square

Dice – You can do lots of activities with these – roll it twice, add the numbers together; roll it twice to make a 2-digit number, then partition into tens and units; roll it once or twice, add on 3, take away 1 etc; roll it three times, what is the biggest number you can make using those 3 numbers? The list goes on! Make up a game of your own!

A small whiteboard - £1 from the pound shop!

Make it fun – they won’t even realise they’re learning!