In Reception, children start to work with numbers in a range of different ways. They will be encouraged to be curious and explore numbers by playing number games, singing counting songs, making models as well as being introduced to the ideas of addition and subtraction.
Five maths skills your child will learn in Year 1
After Reception, your Year 1 child will be ready for some amazing growth. For many children, Year 1 is the year that they bloom as readers and mathematicians. Get ready to support your child’s mathematical growth by learning about Year 1 maths skills.
The 38 times tables challenge
- Education
- Maths
- Times Tables
- Puzzles
- Challenges
- Free Resources
- 6-7 years old
- 8-9 years old
- 10-11 years old
The 38 Challenge is a 3 step practice activity that will help children towards achieving instant recall of times tables - and truly mastering this important foundational maths skill.
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Welcome to Part 2 of our interactive series on telling the time. This is for children who are familiar with the clock and can already tell the time to the hour and half past. Our interactive exercises will take your child's time telling skills to the next level.
Help Your Child Learn: Telling the Time (Part 1)
Learning to tell the time can be difficult for children as it's a new concept that's not like anything else they've encountered in maths to date. This new resource features an interactive clock to practice skills and guides parents step by step through helping your child learn how to tell the time.
How to make a practice clock for learning to tell the time
Making a clock out of household objects is a great way to help your child learn about telling the time. Apart from being a great crafting activity that can while away some time on a rainy afternoon, placing and spacing numbers on the clock themselves is a really important learning objective.
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How to make a practice clock for learning to tell the time
Making a clock out of household objects is a great way to help your child learn about telling the time. Apart from being a great crafting activity that can while away some time on a rainy afternoon, placing and spacing numbers on the clock themselves is a really important learning objective.
Chess - it's good for young brains
At Komodo, we think chess is great for developing young brains - even though it might have a reputation as being a game for child geniuses it's actually much more accessible than you might think.
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in math and language arts grow with Komodo.
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