Looking for activities to motivate your kids to count and think strategically? Easy Snake is a logic based game that is a great tool for building foundation maths skills. For example, Easy Snake may encourage kids to: consider the concept of rules, practice following rules, detect patterns, plan ahead, predict the outcome of alternative moves, learn from experience How it works: 1. Download the program to your desktop (you don’t need to install it). 2. Double-click on the new Easy Snake icon on your desktop to start. ⓘ Easy Snake is compatible with the following browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Opera.

Useful for creating maths teaching materials when the software does not contain mathematical symbols or they are difficult to use. ⓘ For more ideas, visit @theeducatorslist or my list of topics

Get ideas and inspiration from artists - students can observe and describe examples of maths transformations in Salvador Dali’s works of art. This resource is suitable to use with #GoForItApp. Using this app you can transform classic questions into a fun, whole class activity. ▸ Upload the worksheet to #GoForItApp available here to be able to display the questions on your whiteboard. ▸ When going through the questions, use a class register together with your activity to increase student participation. More starters and activities

This is a collaborative problem solving activity by Anitra Vickery and Mike Spooner (ATM publication, 2004). Perfect to use as a starter.

Did you know that a classic game Rock Paper Scissors can be improved? This is the case for Winning at Rock Paper Scissors. #1 Round ▸Let your class play as they wish. #2 Round ▸Ask half of your class to follow two new rules which are: If you lose: Play the thing that didn’t come up. If you win: Play the thing that they played with. Print the rules and give them to one player from each pair. #3 Round ▸Record the score for each pair and reveal the rules or present the video . . ⓘ The activity improves working memory and attention.