Category: For Kids
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I was looking for a way to practice the five times tables with my boy recently and came up with this simple but effective (and apparently fun) game. I used the now discontinued Milestone Maths game cards but you can easily do this using a standard deck of playing cards for the multipliers and slips… keep reading
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One of the most common questions I hear from parents at homeschool expos is, “Do you have anything for Prep?” It’s clear that Australian homeschoolers need a gentle, play-based maths curriculum for the Foundation year. I promised I’d build one and I’m happy to share that Level A is now rolling out, with Book A1… keep reading
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Counting to Five The aim of this milestone is for your child to learn: Not all counting is counting! Some kids are natural born memorisers and they can rattle off a sequence of numbers without blinking. But this does not always mean that they actually understand what a number IS. Most kids at this age… keep reading
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Milestone 1 Before you get started with Milestone Maths, the only purchase you must make is to get a set of physical Sumstix. Yes, you could technically make a paper or cardboard set but they would be very fiddly for little fingers. Making them bigger is not the answer because the lengths are actually quite… keep reading
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Hey kids! I have a dark, and somewhat embarrassing secret to share with you this month. My kids tasted macaroni for the first time this year. Yep, I managed to get through 18 years of my eldest son’s life with not one mac ‘n cheese. In my defense I will say that I never tasted… keep reading
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Did you know, numbers can do way more than just count? Some numbers even have names and crazy stories to tell! Over the next few months we’ll be meeting some seriously surprising numbers but today we’ll just take a sneak peak at some of them. Which secrets are you itching to unlock? Stick around—these number… keep reading
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There’s nothing better than games to help kids learn and remember their number facts. Here’s a simple game that appears in Milestone Maths level B4. Print out an addition grid (below). Get together with a friend and two different coloured markers or pencils. The object of the game is to get four answers written in… keep reading