Support materials for parents
This page will include website links and other materials that are fun and that you could use with your children to support their learning.
Mathematics:
Websites you may want to encourage your children to use so that they can practice maths in a fun way.
www.mathszone.co.uk - activites to match the NNS objectives
www.nrich.maths.org.uk - maths problems at various levels of challenge with the history of areas of maths like fractions etc.
There are other ways you can help encourage a love of maths.
1. Encourage your child to improve mental calculation skills. Eg Adding up shopping lists as you go around the store - see how close they are at the total at the end.
2. Encourage estimation - How many tins of beans on that shelf? Why do you think that?
3. Regular access to physical maths by weighing and measuring. e.g. change a recipe for 4 to a recipe for 2 (simple ratio problems) followed by weighing out the ingredients accurately.
4. Exchange currencies on holiday.
maths number workshop - parents.ppt
maths workshop - four operations.ppt
maths fraction workshop - parents.ppt
Reading
If you wish to help your child develop their reading this pamphlet has useful suggestions for parents when reading with children at home: