Ok, bit of background. We live in France so DC are bilingual. I have spent a lot of time researching bilingualism, literacy, phonics etc. (Thx to mrz and indigo for their sterling advice.)
To be truthful, I have never fiven much thought to maths / sums. / arithmetic and just assumed DD's very good school would "do" all of that.
Today, when we had finished her phonics sonds and reading book, DD asked why I never give her numbers "to work things out".
So, I did.
I asked her to count in even 2s to 20, odd numbers to 20, simple addition and subtraction, then mkre complicated stuff like "you have three coins, one worth 5p, one worth 2p and one worth 1p, what's the total".
I am not saying this is at all unusual, i am sure it is not. What surprised me was how enthused she was for all this puzzles. She loved it. She was asking for more. I was drawing out puzzles and she was finishing them faster than I could draw them. When I said it was bathtime, she begged for one more coin puzzle.
So, rather late in the game, I think she would enjoy doing some arithmetic activities at home.
Is there a recommended scheme in UK schools I could buy?
Any recos at all?
Thx
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Best arithmetic activity books to support Reception year child who loves maths?
Greythorne · 19/01/2012 19:40
Khan academy videos for explaining concepts, practicing and building on it.
It's worth starting at the very beginning - even if it repeats some stuff she can already do as the way they do it everything builds on everything else. But she will whizz through the bits she can do and then spend as much time as she needs when she encounters new stuff.
Ds1 (6) is a maths nut and has also enjoyed these. The other thing I've done is bought him one of the very cheap (70p!) basic calculators so he can do sums and check the answers himself. If nothing else it means that instead of being woken up by him saying 'mummy what's 82x49?' and having to shift from deep sleep to doing sums whilst still not awake, he now tells me the sum and the answer and carries on chattering lots more about numbers and sums and I can come to without having to engage brain quite so early in the morning! 
Other thing is to keep an eye on thebookpeople.co.uk - they often have cheap sets of workbooks. I've also had a set of story books that have mysteries that are solved by working out puzzles which combines reading and maths and which have been quite fun.
and way too many other books to mention too 
. I try not to go on there too often as there are too many interesting books - for me and the rest of the family - all at great prices!
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