Experienced EYFS & primary teacher, SENCO delivering simple IWB maths games and resources to support teaching and learning in the Early Years and Key Stage 1. Reviews and suggestions for new games are most welcome.
Experienced EYFS & primary teacher, SENCO delivering simple IWB maths games and resources to support teaching and learning in the Early Years and Key Stage 1. Reviews and suggestions for new games are most welcome.
A simple interactive whiteboard Maths game designed in PowerPoint to develop children’s knowledge of number bonds to ten using a Football Euros 2024 theme.
Children are invited to click on the matching number bond to ten. This game is 30 slides in length and ideal for use on the IWB and fully editable. Links well with football themed number activities to encourage fluency and automaticity with basic number facts.
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A simple IWB minibeast ten-frame themed maths game, designed in PowerPoint to support the development of early number skills from 1 to 10 using a ten frame. Children are presented with different amounts of minibeasts in the ten-frames. Children match the amount shown by clicking the correct digit on the number track. This game is fully interactive and is an ideal teaching tool designed for use on the interactive whiteboard. The game progresses to using number bonds and pairs of numbers that make 10. Ideal for practising and developing fluency with number bonds. This resource also includes FREE minibeasts ten-frames showing varying amounts from 1 to 10. The ten-frames can be printed off and laminated for use during independent learning activities exploring the composition of ten.
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A simple interactive white board activity/maths game that is great for modelling counting back from 10, The slides are fully interactive and the activity links well with White Rose Spring term planning session 6 “Counting back from 10 - Ten in a Bed”.
Children are presented with a variety of different cartoon animals in the bed and explore what would be one less by counting back from 10 using the Ten in a Bed nursery rhyme.
Following this different numbers of animals are presented in the bed. Children need to count the number of animals in the bed and click on the matching digit card.
Larger images of all the animals included in the Powerpoint are included at the end of the slides. These can be made into puppets which can be printed off and laminated for exploration in whole class provision or works well as a small group activity. Children can use their puppets to show how many animals are in the bed and practice counting back from 10.
A simple interactive maths game, designed in Powerpoint to support children’s mathematical development. Children count the number of snowboarders presented in each tens frame and calculate what would be one more and one less. Children click the correct answer on the number line. This activity is ideal for modelling the vocabulary of one more and one less using the interactive whiteboard as part of whole class teaching.
A simple interactive powerpoint game that supports the development of children’s early counting skills and symbolic number recognition using domino patterns 1 to 10.
Children click the matching number on the number line as fast as they can.
A simple game to support children’s knowledge of number bonds to 10 with a Remembrance Day theme.
Children count the red poppies and click on the correct digit on the number line that makes 10. For example, children are shown three poppies and asked how many more poppies would make 10. Children click on 7 to show that they know that 3 + 7 = 10.
This resource could be used as part of whole class teaching. Children can draw the poppies on small whiteboards to reinforce their knowledge of number bonds to 10. As a follow up activity children could make 10 poppies using a variety of different materials and show their knowledge of number bonds to 10, by placing the poppies in different arrangements to match given calculations.
This submarine themed interactive Maths game is ideal to develop early number skills. This fully interactive subitising game is designed in PowerPoint, 34 slides in length and easily editable for children in the early years of schooling.
Children go on a journey under the sea in the submarine. They are shown varying arrangements of sea creatures from 1 to 5 and invited to subitise (see how many creatures are presented) and click on the matching symbolic number card.
This game also includes 30 subitising cards showing varying amounts of sea creatures from 1 to 5 in different arrangements. e.g., fish, octopi, crabs etc…These subitising cards are ideal for continuous provision, small group Maths activites, matching, adding and ordering amounts from 1 to 5.
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How many spots? is a simple FREE interactive whiteboard Maths game to support the development of children’s early conceptual subitising skills (being able to see a number without counting). Children are presented with dominoes showing different arrangements of six, seven and eight spots. Children are invited to see how many spots are presented by applying their conceptual subitising skills. Children show the answer with their fingers, write the matching calculation on small individual whiteboards and/or click on the matching symbolic number card. This game fits well with WhiteRose Maths Spring Term Unit Growing 6, 7, 8 and is easy editable (32 slides in length). This game provides a good mental Maths starter and explores different arrangements of making six, seven and eight. This game can lead well into an independent investigation, exploring different ways of showing six, seven and eight spots using Spot on Number resources or making, sorting and matching dominoes into sets with 6, 7 and 8.
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A simple IWB maths game, designed in Powerpoint to support children’s early number skills and recognition of numerals from 1 to 10. Children say how many mini-beasts they can see presented in the ten frame and click the matching numeral on the number track. Following this, children say how many more mini-beasts would need to be added to make 10 and click the matching numeral on the number track. This game helps to support the development of children’s early number skills using a ten-frame. This resource is easily editable to include other arrangements of mini-beasts. This IWB resource inks well with Spring Term White Rose planning and the Unit Building 9, 10 (though is not endorsed by WRM).
This resource also includes mini-beast themed ten-frames that can be printed off, laminated and used to support children’s early number skills during whole class provision.
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A simple IWB maths game, designed in Powerpoint to support children’s understanding of numbers from 1 to 5. Children count the teddies presented in the 5 frame and click the matching numeral on the number track.
Following this children explore one more and one less teddies in the 5-frame.
An easy way to practise bonds to 5 and strengthen children’s symbolic number recognition of numbers from 1 to 5.
A simple IWB game designed in Powerpoint to develop the early skills of subitizing to five with a Football World Cup theme. An ideal starter for whole class teaching and learning and small guided group sessions.
Children are presented with varying arrangements of footballs from 1 to 5 and are invited to match the correct amount of footballs with the symbolic number digit card. Varying random arrangements of footballs shown - ideal to practice perceptual and conceptual subitizing skills within five. (31 slides in length)
This resource also includes 20 FREE football subitizing cards ready to print off and ideal for mathematical Football themed activities in continuous provision.
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A simple IWB maths game to develop early counting skills with a Football World Cup theme. Links well with WhiteRose maths planning for the Autumn term. Ideal for a starter or to model counting within 10 using a ten-frame as part of whole class teaching and learning. May also work well in small guided group session using the IWB and additional follow up resources included for continuous provision.
Children are invited to count the footballs in the goal (ten-frame) and click on the matching symbolic number (choice of 3 cards). Lots of different arrangements of footballs from one to ten presented (40 slides in length). Easily adaptable.
This resource also comes with 10 free Football themed counting mats and footballer number digit cards from 1 to 10. Ideal for continuous provision and can be used in multiple ways. Children can add counters to the mats to show the number of goals, find one more or one less. Children may wish to find the number pairs that would make 10 goals altogether.
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A simple IWB maths game to support early counting skills with an Aaaarrh Spider! theme - links well with the text written by Lydia Monks OR can be easily adapted for any spider related topic.
Children are invited to count the number of spiders shown in the ten-frame and click on the matching number. This game is ideal to model counting using a ten-frame using numbers within 10 and will also support number recognition.
Also includes spider ten-frame showing arrangements of 1 to 10 spiders - ideal for continuous provision - multiple ways to use in class. For example, add one more, find one less spider, work out how many spiders would make ten etc…
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A simple interactive whiteboard game designed in Powerpoint to support the development of subitising skills. Children are presented with varying arrangements of fish in the porthole. Children subitise amounts (4 or 5 fish) and click on the matching symbolic number.
This game supports Spring Term Alive in 5! WhiteRose Maths planning for Reception. The game can be played as part of whole class teaching and learning or can be used to support small group sessions focused on developing children’s early number skills. The game may also provide a useful assessment tool to assess whether children are able to subitise amounts within 5 - a key early learning goal in maths.
This game is easily editable and is 32 slides in length. If you are pleased with this resource then please give us a positive review and share your experience on social media. Many thanks.
A simple IWB Maths game designed in PowerPoint to support the development of early number skills. Links well with Spring Term WhiteRose Maths and developing number knowledge within 10. This game will work well as part of whole-class teaching and or small guided group session. In this game, children are presented with four dominoes and have to identify which domino is the odd one out. The game is 22 slides in length and easily editable.
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A simple IWB maths game to develop children’s early counting, number recognition and cardinality skills.
Help Rudolf deliver the correct number of presents to each house.
Santa has written numbers on the door of each house so he can match the right amount of presents to each family. Children are invited to count the number of presents shown in each ten-frame and click on the matching amount shown on the doors of the house. A super simple IWB maths game to support teaching and learning of numbers within ten. (30 slides in length)
To follow up, children could make houses from cardboard boxes and write on the numbers of presents to be delivered during continuous provision. This activity fits well with WhiteRose Maths planning for the Autumn term. This activity is easily adapted to calculate one more or one less present.
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A simple interactive whiteboard game designed in PowerPoint to develop early subitizing skills. Children say how many rockets they can see and click on the matching symbolic number.
This game will make an ideal whole class starter and links well to Spring Term Alive in 5! WhiteRose Maths planning. Different random arrangements of space rockets are presented (amounts 4 and 5) and children need to say as fast as they can how many space rockets they can see. This resource is easily editable and is 32 slides in length. This game may also provide a quick assessment tool to see whether children are able to subitize within 5 - a key early learning goal.
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A simple IWB Maths Game to support the development of children’s early conceptual subitising and addition skills within ten. Children are presented with various domino arrangements (total amounts from six to ten) and say the number of spots they can see altogether. Help the Dinosaur count the spots. Children calculate the total amount of spots and click on the matching number card to reveal the answer. Although this IWB Maths game is not endorsed by WRM, it is strongly aligned to the EYFS Spring Term WhiteRose Maths Units Growing 6,7,8 and Building 9 and 10.
This IWB Maths game works well as part of whole class teaching and learning or as a small adult-led guided group session. Children can write the addition calculation on small whiteboards or show the answer with their fingers. This game helps to consolidate children’s conceptual subitising skills and addition within ten. This game is designed in PowerPoint and therefore easily editable (24 slides in length and fully interactive).
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A simple counting game designed in Powerpoint using amounts from 1 to 10 for children in the early years and KS1. Children count the number of Jubilee related objects that appear in the ten frame and click on the correct number digit on the number track. For example, children count arrangements of crowns, flags, party hats, cakes…etc…from 1 to 10. Ideal for introducing Jubilee Celebration related vocabulary as well as reinforcing counting skills and one to one correspondence.
Celebrate the Football World Cup and get children engaged in learning numbers from 1 to 10 - Make Maths Learning Fun!
Use these super counting ten-frame mats to develop children’s early number knowledge from 1 to 10.
Children put the matching number of footballs in the goals.
Extra Challenges might include:
How many different ways can you put five goals in the net? Use different arrangements of five and other numbers.
Add one more football and calculate how many footballs/goals altogether.
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