11 Ways a Parent Can Help with Maths
I came across this really interesting poster online and felt compelled to post it for you to read! It is one of the best summaries that I have seen. How many of these 11 Ways a Parent Can Help with...
View ArticleJunior Infant Maths: Sorting & Classifying
Here is another fun Sesame Street game to help develop sorting and classifying skills. The Early Maths Strand (EMA) asks children in Junior and Senior Infants to: classify objects on the basis of one...
View ArticleMatching Socks Game
Here is a fantastic resource to demonstrate or have children engage in the Early Mathematical Activity Strands of Matching & Sorting. The objectives below are for both Junior and Senior Infants:...
View ArticleSenior Infant Maths: revision of Sorting & Classifying
This sorting game is a fantastic way to review EMA strategies for Senior Infant Classes: classify objects on the basis of one attribute, such as colour, shape, texture or size It’s a great lesson...
View ArticleHalloween Themed Data Handling
Do you love teaching Data Handling? I just ADORE it!!! It is one of my absolute favourite maths topics to explore. It is so much fun and serious cute too! I always block my data handling and tie it...
View ArticleGhost Blaster II: making 10
Ghost Blaster II would make a fantastic game for any 1st Class pupil to play over Mid-term. It would also be a great warm-up game on the first day back after Mid-term. Ghost Blaster allows you to...
View ArticleMaths Journal for Mental Maths
I have had a great response to my “Maths Journal” photos on my Facebook page and on Twitter. In response to lots of questions I have decided to write a blog post in it! Maths Journals are a wonderful...
View ArticleMonthly Maths: Sequencing and Ordinal Language
I am getting in nice and early with my Monthly Maths Topics and freebie! “High 5ing” myself for my efficiency ;) You may have worked out that I have been teaching “Time” as a my maths topic for the...
View ArticlePreparing your child for school: Sorting and Classifying Objects
Matching and Sorting/Classifying are likely to be the first maths activities that your child will explore in Junior Infants. I have to say that I love exploring Classifying. Its so much fun to see how...
View ArticlePreparing your Child for School: Sorting and Classifying Game
This is a follow on from a previous blogpost about sorting and comparing objects. Please click here to visit this post. “What’s the Difference?” is my favourite online sorting and classifying game. It...
View ArticlePocket It template for Combining and Partitioning Number
I posted some photos during the week of my Pocket It template on my Facebook Page. Please hop on over and give me a “like” if you haven’t already done so. I often post photos of what is happening in my...
View ArticleFree Roll Say Keep Printable
I decided to “funk up” a very, very old favourite resource of mine: “Roll, Say, Keep”. “Roll Say Keep” is just one of those incredibly useful and versatile resources. All you need to play is a dice,...
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