3rd & 4th Class: Maths Skills

 Suggestions to Reinforce Maths Skills at Home

Games:

• Board games are an enjoyable way to consolidate maths skills. Try Monopoly, Battleship, Connect 4.

• Chess, draughts, dominoes can promote critical thinking.

• Classic card games are great for mental arithmetic and working memory.

• Sudoku challenges

• Lego

• Dobble

Useful online resources:

• www.topmarks.co.uk

• www.khanacademy.org

• www.ixl.com

• nrich.maths.org - for those who like a challenge

• scratch.mit.edu - Coding

• https://education.minecraft.net/en-us Minecraft education

• https://arcade.makecode.com/ Makecode eircode

• https://makecode.microbit.org/ Makecode Microbit

Everyday maths activities include:

• Baking – doubling or halving the recipe quantities can add a further challenge.

• Shopping – sticking to a budget and calculating value for money

• Holidays – calculating currency exchange and  figuring out time-zones

• Family DIY – DIY tasks can involve working with numbers, spatial thinking, measurements, angles, calculating area and problem-solving.

• Maths eyes - looking for shapes, patterns and numbers in the environment and in everyday life

• Family maths quizzes focusing on tables

• Practise telling time - analogue and digital. Having a watch can be useful for learning time.

• Dice games using 2 or more dice can be helpful for practicing addition, subtraction and multiplication

• Kids’ Darts is great for subtraction and doubles