Category: Year 2
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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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In our last article we looked at how to use Sumstix and number bonds to teach your child to add and subtract single digit numbers . These tools work brilliantly for totals up to ten, and those facts are non-negotiable to make sense of higher level maths, like fractions and algebra. But what happens when… keep reading
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In our last article we looked at what algorithms are and why they are so important to maths education. I promised that I would go into some specific algorithms for homeschool maths, but before I can do that, I need you to understand the underlying principles that form the foundation of a good maths education.… 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