Tips for Teachers by Craig Barton

Maths with Isaac

My eldest son, Isaac, is six and loves maths (he is legally obliged to). We play Numbots each day, but he wanted a way to practice these skills without the time pressure. So, together, we built these little games using Claude.

I will add to these as Isaac encounters new concepts.

I hope you find them useful.

Flashcards

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  1. Telling the time from an analogue clock
  2. Numbers in figures and words
  3. Number bonds
  4. 1, 10, 100 more and less
  5. Mental addition and subtraction
  6. Times tables
  7. Doubles, Halves, Powers and Roots

10 Quick Questions

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  1. Telling the time from an analogue clock
  2. Money
  3. Numbers in figures and words
  4. Estimating position on number lines
  5. Marking numbers on a number line
  6. Number bonds
  7. 1, 10, 100 more and less
  8. Mental addition and subtraction
  9. Times tables
  10. Divisibility tests
  11. Rounding to 10, 100, 1000
  12. Doubles, Halves, Squares and Roots
  13. Basic algebraic substitution

Bubble splat

  1. Number bonds to 10
  2. Number bonds to 20
  3. 2 times table
  4. 3 times table
  5. 4 times table
  6. 5 times table
  7. Near-doubles to 20
  8. Subtract 1 or 2 within 20
  9. Halving numbers

Mixed-topic Challenges

  1. Reception maths challenge
  2. Year 1 maths challenge
  3. Year 2 maths challenge

Early number calculations

  1. Words and numerals
  2. Odd and even numbers
  3. Number square
  4. 1 more and 1 less
  5. 10 more and 10 less
  6. Number bonds
  7. Doubles and near-doubles
  8. Greater than or less than
  9. Times tables
  10. Coins and notes

Geometry and measures

  1. 2d shapes
  2. Units of time

English

  1. Hangman – random words
  2. Hangman – themed words
  3. How many syllables?
  4. Vowel or consonant?
  5. Spelling Challenge
  6. Is it spelt correctly?
  7. Word finding challenge
  8. Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives

Other subjects

  1. The continent game
  2. Herbivore, carnivore, omnivore?

Just for fun

  1. Reaction speed test
  2. Gold and silver tickets
  3. Snake

Games for Jacob (who is 2)

  1. Subitising to 3 with fingers
  2. Subitising to 5 with fingers
  3. Subitising to 5 with objects
  4. Recognise numbers 0 to 10
  5. Counting objects to 10
  6. Word endings
  7. Monster splat!

Games for Kate (who is older than 2)

  1. Hangman – song titles
  2. Hangman – movie titles