Here are a few more maths games you can play with your child at home. Today, we are focusing on place value and times tables.
Secret numbers
Write the numbers 0 to 20 on a sheet of paper. Ask your child secretly to choose a number on the paper. Then ask him or her some questions to find out what the secret number is e.g.
Is it less than 10?
Is it between 10 and 20?
Does it have a 5 in it?
He or she may answer only yes or no. Once you have guessed the number, it is your turn to choose a number. Your child asks the questions.
For an easier game, use numbers up to 10. For a harder game use only 5 questions, or use bigger numbers.
Practice counting in 2s, 5s and 10s.
Game 1: Scavenger hunt
Choose a times table that you would like to focus on. Write the multiples on a piece of paper and hide them around your house or garden. Then ask you child to find all of the numbers and put them in the correct order.
To make this trickier you could hide the number sentences as well. Once everything has been found, the child has to match up the number sentences with the answers.
Game 2: Times tale hopscotch
Draw out a 12 square hopscotch. Pick a times table to practise and write the multiplies on the squares. Get your child to hop to the square that they’ve thrown a stone into shouting out the multiples as they go.
Another variation of this game: Write the number sentences on the squares and children shout out the answers as they hop along.
