This Christmas-themed Shape Hunt worksheet focuses on shape recognition of circles, squares, triangles, ovals, hexagons and rectangles as well as counting.

The key question when teaching subtraction is “how many are left?”.

Use math word problems to bring maths to life and give meaning to concepts that can otherwise be confusing. Use real life objects (manipulatives) to explore the problems in an active, hands-on and engaging way. Stuffed animals make great manipulatives for learning maths. 

Finding fun ways of practising the shape of numbers is important for keeping kids engaged. Play dough can be a fun way to represent the shapes of numbers.

Paper chains are a fun craft activity but they can also be useful for maths! Learning the 10 number bonds (numbers that add to 10) is a building block for adding and subtracting larger numbers.