Activity: Counting accurately forwards and backwards using equipment Resources needed: Pasta Multilink cubes or counters Sit the children in a circle and explain the rules of ‘Ping, Pong’ to them: they are going to count around the circle except when they say a number which is a multiple […]
Resources needed: Large amount of multilink cubes Whiteboards and pens Give the children 9 multilink cubes each, or per pair if they are in short supply. Ask the children to make any arrangement of cubes they like, providing they use all the 9 cubes available. When everyone has completed […]
Resources needed: whiteboards and pens Explain to the children that you are going to show them a variety of maths tricks with numbers. They can try the tricks out themselves on their friends or family to amaze them! TRICK 1: Think of any number – if it is even, divide […]
