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 maths game, designed using Powerpoint, ideal for modelling number bonds 1 to 10 on the interactive whiteboard as part of whole class teaching with a Winter Olympics Snowboarding theme. Children are asked to click the matching number bond to make each calculation correct. All number bond pairs are presented in the slides.
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.
This simple interactive whiteboard game, designed in Powerpoint supports the development of children’s early counting skills. Children learn how to subitize using regular domino patterns. Help the dinosaurs count all the domino and click on the matching number digit.
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.
This is a simple IWB number comparison game designed in Powerpoint. Children are presented with two 5-frames with varying amounts of counters on each slide. Children need to click on the 5-frame showing the most or fewest counters. The game is 20 slides in length.
This game links well with Whiterose Maths planning activities for Autumn term for EYFS. It provides is a good introduction for children to begin to develop their subitising, composition and number comparison skills using a 5-frame.
An added challenge is to explore how many more counters would be needed to be added or taken away to make the amounts shown in the 5-frames the same. For example, “the amounts would be the same if we added (or subtracted) “X” amount of counters”.
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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.
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 game designed in Powerpoint to develop early perceptual subitising skills. This Space Alien themed game is ideal for whole-class teaching and learning and or small guided group work using the interactive whiteboard. Children are presented with varying amounts of Space aliens (4 or 5?) and need to match the appropriate symbolic number digit card as fast as they can. This game is 32 slides in length and easily editable.
This game links well with the Spring Term Alive in 5! WhiteRoseMaths unit exploring the composition of four and five. This game may also provide a good individual assessment tool to see whether children can confidently subitise amounts within 5 - a key early learning goal.
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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 comprehensive overview of the sequence of reading colour book bands from EYFS, Key Stage 1 and 2.
This age-appropriate reading progression overview sheet, includes matched reading recovery levels. In addition to the comprehensive overview their are four slides that may provide a useful tool to share information about reading progression in primary school.
A useful information tool for all teachers / TAs wanting to develop their understanding of reading progression in primary school.
A simple interactive whiteboard maths game to support the development of children’s early number skills. Children are invited to subitise the spots on the domino from one to five (see how many without counting) and click on the matching symbolic number card. This game fits well with WhiteRose Maths Spring Term Unit Alive in Five and supports subisiting skills within five - a key early learning goal in Reception.
This interactive maths game can be used to introduce different ways of making amounts within five. It can be an ideal introduction to independent learning activities and maths investigation, exploring domino patterns and different ways of making amounts within five. For example, children can match and sort all the different ways of making four and five and begin to create and design their own arrangements using resources from @spotonnumber. This game is easily editable and 32 slides in length.
This maths game can be played as a whole class or during small-group or 1-1 adult-led sessions. It could also be used to assess whether children are able to confidently subitise numbers within five.
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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 IWB Maths game designed in Powerpoint to develop early number skills.
An ideal game to model counting amounts from 1 to 5 using a five-frame with a Christmas theme. Super as a mental starter. Children are invited to subitise the number of reindeers presented in the five-frame and click on the matching number shown.
A super fun way to practice number recognition from 1 to 5 and develop subitising skills.
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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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A FREE interactive whiteboard game designed in PowerPoint to support early subitising skills. Children are presented with varying arrangements of 4 or 5 snowmen. Children indicate how many snowmen they can see by clicking on the matching number digit card.
This game is an ideal classroom starter to any mathematics session. Children learn to subitise (see an amount without counting) within 5 - a key early learning goal. This subitising game can be played during whole class teaching and learning and or as part of a small group adult-led session. This game fits well with WhiteRose Maths EYFS Spring Term Alive in 5 by targeting understanding of numbers within five. This resourse may also work well as an assessment tool to judge whether children can reliably subitise amounts within five. (32 slides in length and easily editable)
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