Reception to Yr1 maths apps/websites

[catkind]

Any recommendations? DS loves maths and they don't seem to do much of it at school yet. We do lots of mathsy playing - DH and I both have a maths background - but would like something he can do more independently sometimes. So we were thinking we might sign him up to something or get an app for him to play with over the summer.

He's had a play with the Reading Eggs maths program (I forget its name) on a free trial, he enjoyed it but it seemed a bit basic. Something similarly fun and engaging would be good.

squeebles apps, dragon box algebra and king of maths junior are all good fun

Dd loves rm maths that she uses at school, I think you can get a home subscription and from what I can work out it remembers your progress and works through in steps iyswim so should always be at the right level. Not that I've actually seen it myself, mind

For YR/ Y1 I would recommend the following FREE websites:

For Year R & younger really CBEEBIES has a maths & puzzles game page with lots of games working on recognising patterns/ similar objects - www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/games/theme/maths-and-puzzles/page/all

OXFORD OWL MATHS - lots of resources, games, information for you and your child. www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/maths-owl/maths - entirely free

Woodlands Junior School Maths Zone (entirely free) - has all sorts of links to maths video games & resources. Just chose the subject area you're interested in and explore. At this level you may want to try out the games first to ensure they're not too difficult for your child. Link here: resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/

Maths Champs has video games for ages 5 - 7 (so really Y1/ Y2 territory): www.mathschamps.co.uk/#home

For more able Y1 children/ & Y2. BBC Bitesize KS1 has some very useful maths games that can be set by ability: medium/ hard/ really hard. Link here: www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/

Crickweb has some good games (across curriculum) for early years: www.crickweb.co.uk/Early-Years.html and Y1 numeracy specifically: www.crickweb.co.uk/ks1numeracy.html - it will take a bit of searching but things like wash line (ordering numbers to 10) are great (even in Year R).

Mr Shrek's Math Games: mrshrekmaths.blogspot.co.uk/ - has nice number matching with quantities so recognising four of something is represented by 4.

Possibly only for more able Y1: NRICH MATHS (enriching maths activities from Cambridge University - entirely FREE): this is their link to Stage 1 Counting/ Ordering games: nrich.maths.org/8934

PBS Kids (the US equivalent of CBEEBIES) has a lovely maths zone with slightly different games (remember they start school later in US - year you turn 6 = Kindergarten (= Y1) and 1st grade (= UK Y2) is year you turn 7. Howevr things like learning shap names (Curious George Game) are very useful: pbskids.org/games/math/ Since this is a US website it does mean working with US accents/ spelling - but spelling is less of an issue in maths. We also like the tally up game (pbskids.org/cyberchase/math-games/buzz-and-delete-save-day/#PerfectamundoFlowersGame) - you basically have a bucket with so many flowers and a target and have to work out how many more to pick to make the target (a clipboard at the side shows the tally as you count).

Well that should get you started and it's all free.

Enjoy

PSBD

Awesome, what a lot of ideas! Will have a work through and find something at an appropriate level. Thank you very much all of you.

jugyh

Teach your monster to read is free this week I think (linked in to World Book Day) - that's an app well worth grabbing.

Try the new Khan Academy for kids. It is aimed at ages 4-5..not sure how well it might work for you. You can then go up to the regular Khan Academy app