Map reading with grid references
I made a map in my garden to show how letters and numbers can be used together in map reading.
Have a look at the video lesson first, then you could have a go at the playground map challenge or battleships.
Playground map challenge (Parents, please note this is a 14-page file and some of it is in colour - you may not need to print all of the pages.)
Battleships You need two players for this game but don't worry if you don't have a willing bubble buddy - you could try playing it over a video call!
How to play battleships:
1. Print one grid each (or make your own)
2. Each player has 5 ships
3. The 'ships' are represented by coloured-in squares.
4. The smallest ship is one coloured square and the biggest is 5 squares
5. The ships can be placed in any direction
6. This was my last game:
7. When it's your turn, you guess where your opponent's ships are by saying, "Is there a ship at B6?" If there is, then your opponent says "hit", if not, "miss".
8. It's important to mark with a cross the squares you have guessed so you can keep track. I usually mark my guesses with a writing pencil and any hits with a red pencil.
9. If you guess all of the squares of a ship, e.g. if my opponent guesses C8 and then C9, my ship is sunk.
10. First to sink all their opponents ships wins.
Basic facts practice
Here are some puzzles to help with basic facts practice.
Click here to learn how to do the puzzles:
Harrison had a go at the Polygon maths puzzles!
Multiplication 1 Multiplication 2
Roman Numerals
Challenge 1
Can you use what you have at home to build Roman Numerals? You might have pencils, popsicle sticks, or skewers. I found toothpicks. How far can you count in Roman Numerals?
Here's a quick reminder:
I = 1
V = 5
X = 10
L = 50
C = 100
D = 500
M = 1,000
A symbol placed after a symbol of equal or greater value adds its value. A symbol placed before one of greater value subtracts its value. So:
IX = 9 because X is 10 and just before it is I which is 1, and 10 - 1 = 9.
XI = 11 because 10 + 1 = 11.
Challenge 2
Can you build a shape and write in Roman Numerals how many sides it has?
Bonus challenge
Write down the name of the shape you have created alongside the Roman Numeral of that shape and email a photo of it to us. What is the name of a nine-sided shape? How about a 20-sided shape?
Neighbourhood Geometry and Patterns
Check out what I found on my walk round my neighbourhood this weekend. How many geometric shapes, lines, angles and patterns can you name. See if you can find some in your neighbourhood!
Enjoy these new maths activities
Here is a lesson on Static Addition using my home made Stamp Game. You can also use it for any of the other maths operations while at home. Sometimes you just have to get creative with maths materials!
Group Division using the Golden Bead Material
Have a go at some of the division lessons below. Get creative with materials at home, use popcorn kernels (for unit beads) sticks or strips of paper (for ten bead bars) and paper squares (for hundred squares).
Golden Bead Division - Lesson 1
Golden Bead Division - Lesson 2
Golden Bead Division - Lesson 3
Maths Bloopers - Lessons with my clever cat Midnight
Sometimes things really don\"t go to plan!
Montessori Maths Materials
Here is the link to the Montessori Online Math Materials. You\"ll find a pegboard (good for squaring and multiples), a stamp game (all four operations of multiplication, division, addition and subtraction) and a set of Golden Beads (good for Golden Bead Division!).
Scroll down further on this page for refresher lessons if you need them.
Or make up your own problems and use this resource to solve them!
Click here:
Triangles According to Sides
Who would like a lesson (or a refresher) on Triangles?
Types of Angles
Here is a lesson on different types of angles. Some of you know this, and it will be a refresher, and for some of you this will be new.
How will you record your learning?
Binomial Squaring
If you have done heaps of squaring, and you think you may be ready for the next step, here\"s a lesson on Binomial Squaring. This lesson shows you how to square bigger, two-digit numbers.
Scroll down to the first Squaring lesson below to find the link for the virtual Pegboard if you\"d like to use it.
Make a clock!
Adele made a Lego Clock to learn how to tell the time. She used a spinner underneath the clock hands so they can move. She also used the Montessori Bead colours for each number!
Can you make a clock? You can use any materials you choose, as long as the hour and minute hands can move. Email us a photo, and we\"ll add your creation here.
Just thought I would share another idea about time reading. We made little 5 beads chains using melting beads to represent minutes for the clock.
Here\"s another Lego clock - this one is made by Gryff:
Harrison made a clock too!
You Know the Answer
Pick a number. How many sums can you make with that number as the answer? Here’s an example – I picked 3. So I know the answer will be 3! Here are some sums I can create:
· 2 + 1
· 5 – 2
· 1 + 1 + 1
· 4 + 5 – 8 + 2
· 9 ÷ 3
· (7 + 4 + 1) ÷ 4
· (5 + 8 + 20 – 4 – 6 – 2) ÷ 7
Multiples using the Pegboard
Here is a lesson on how to do multiples with the Pegboard. You can use the online pegboard or make some equipment which works for you.
Addition Facts
What makes 10? Write down all the ways you can think of to make 10, with only two numbers. Make a chart or a booklet to show your equations.
Squaring
Here is a lesson on using the Pegboard to do Squaring. This lesson is for anybody who has used the Multiplication Board or Multiplication Stamp Game in our classroom.
You can use the online Pegboard to do this on the screen - click here to find it:
Alternatively, you can make a \"pegboard\" and use anything small to be the pegs, such as counters, coins, beads, dried beans, raisins, or slips of paper.
Word Problems
Make up your own word problems
The Easter Bunny delivers 10 eggs and I gave 2 to mum, 2 to dad and I ate 3, how many Easter eggs are left?
If a dripping tap drips at one millilitre per second, how much water will be wasted after a night of 12 hours?
Make up your own word problems
The Easter Bunny delivers 10 eggs and I gave 2 to mum, 2 to dad and I ate 3, how many Easter eggs are left?
If a dripping tap drips at one millilitre per second, how much water will be wasted after a night of 12 hours?
Measuring
Use a ruler, tape measure or a measuring device you have made and measure items around your home. Measure walls, tables, shelves etc. Record your findings.
Measure the lengths of the walls in your room. Measure your bed, and any other furniture. Draw a floor plan of your room showing all the measurements.
Money Maths
Find some coins in your house and find 5 different ways to make $1.00. Write down how many of each coin you used for each combination. For an extra challenge, find 10 or 15 ways!
Alternatively, make your own coins using a pen and a cereal box. Make some of the following coins: 5c, 10c, 20, 50c, $1
Shopping Game
Make lots of money with paper and cardboard, or use Monopoly money.
Create a list of ways to earn money, with the amounts earned. Be creative! For example:
Feed pets: $2.00
Vacuum: $3.00
Wash the car: $5.00
Read a book: $1.50
Jump on the trampoline: 50c per minute
Write a letter to a cousin: $2.00
Make a \"shop\" where you can spend the money. Nominate somebody to be the shopkeeper in charge of collecting money and handing our change.
Stick a price on everything. Ideas might be:
Packet of chips: $1.00
TV time: $1.00 for 10 minutes
Packet of homemade play-dough: $2.00
Bag of popcorn: 50c
Daffodil bulb to plant in the garden: 70c
Keep a pocket book with \"Income\" and \"Expenses\" columns. Tally up at the end of each day.
Materials Challenge
If you prefer to work with concrete materials, you could always make your own! Can you create a workable Stamp Game, or Short Bead Frame, or Bead Chain?
Digital Maths
A very kind-hearted Montessori IT expert has created a digital Stamp Game and a digital Pegboard. He\"s made it free to use and share during these times. Here\"s the link:
https://montessori.tools/?fbclid=IwAR0gaMdtuda3_zJBu0dBTk39cMIfXKNR6FtXhMyD2N4-Y1obnMsnnxLespc
Have a go! You can make up your own Stamp Game sums, or do squaring or multiples with the Pegboard. You can also do any math sums abstractly!
Here are some videos to help children (or parents) remember what to do with the Stamp Game:
Dynamic Multiplication: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4noOobsuOvU
Dynamic Addition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPG3fx2lIM0
Dynamic Subtraction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyjfSbLFUBo
Stamp Game Division: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEEy80kEjxE
Times Tables
Make a Multiplication Finger Chart to use at home. Memorise one set of times tables per week. Practice your multiplication facts - get creative on ways to do this!
Print out this finger chart (or make your own). Cut it up and play Multiplication Bingo!
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