MyMaths

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The school in which I work uses MyMaths. I really like the website and feel my two younger children would benefit from it but their school does not subscribe. There doesn't seem to be a parent membership.

Could anyone recommend anything similar? Many thanks

My DD has MyMaths at her secondary as well. DD2 who is still at primary has Mathletics, which is a school subscription. Not sure if if is possible to subscribe as a parent. My friend has a Maths Whizz subscription for her DD and is really happy with it. There are also good free sites out there. I liked Woodlands Primary which we used when mine were younger.

Thank you Chlorine I've looked at the Woodlands site it looks very good.

also agree Woodlands Junior school Mathszone has brilliant links to all sorts of games/ resources to support building skills/ speed in various calculation skills: resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/index.html

I'd also recommend maths champs - games are grouped by age ranges (5- 7/ 7 - 9/ 9 - 11) which can make someone still struggling on something feel a bit low - but they are very good: www.mathschamps.co.uk/#home

both are free

Another quite good one, which has Numeracy and Literacy sections is:

ictgames.com/

and for children who might be struggling with Numeracy, this is my standard response, as on-line resources will only work for children who UNDERSTAND how maths works:

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Practical things are best for grasping number concepts - bricks, Lego, beads, counters, money, shapes, weights, measuring, cooking.

Do adding, taking away, multiplication (repeated addition), division (sharing), using REAL OBJECTS as just 'numbers' can be too abstract for some children.

Number Bonds of Ten forms the basis of much maths, so try to learn them. Using Lego or something similar, use a LOT of bricks (of just TWO colours, if you have enough) lay them out so the pattern can be seen of one colour INCREASING while the other colour DECREASES. Lay them down, or build up like steps.

So:

ten of one colour none of other
nine of one colour one of other
eight of one colour two of other
seven of one colour three of other

etc,

then of course, the sides are equal at 5 and 5; after which the colours 'swap over' as to increasing/decreasing.

To learn TABLES, do them in groups that have a relationship, thus:

x2, x4, x8

x3, x6, x12

5 and 10 are easy

7 and 9 are rather harder.

Starting with TWO times TABLE, I always say: "Imagine the class is lining up in pairs; each child will have a partner, if there is an EVEN number in the class. If one child is left without a partner, then the number is ODD, because an odd one is left out."

Use Lego bricks again, lay them out in a column of 2 wide to learn 2x table. Go half way down the column, and move half the bricks up, so that now the column is 4 bricks wide. That gives the start of 4x table.

Then do similar things with 3x and 6x.

With 5x, try and count in 'fives', and notice the relationship with 'ten' - they will alternate, ending in 5 then 10.

It is important to try and UNDERSTAND the relationships between numbers, and not just learn them 'by rote'.

An inexpensive solar powered calculator (no battery to run out!) can help learn tables by 'repeated addition'. So: enter 2+2 and press = to give 4. KEEP PRESSING = and it should add on 2 each time, giving 2 times table.

There are good web sites, which can be fun to use :

www.ictgames.com/

www.resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/index.html

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