Your Guide to Home Learning: Maths
If you’re struggling to get your kids interested in maths, we’ve got the solution. Kids will be inspired by the magic of maths, from finding out the most powerful number in the universe, to learning how to find the height of something tall like a tree or a basketball net, without using a ladder! If learning how to intercept a secret message by decrypting an ancient cipher box sounds cool, your kids are in for a treat with these mathemagical activities!
MathXplosion
Best for kids aged 5+
Episode Length: 3 minutes
The Show: In each entertaining and funny short episode, ‘mathemagician’ Eric shares secrets from the not-so-hidden world of maths, such as measuring the height of a tree using your thumb! But make no mistake, it’s not magic, it’s maths!
Learning Outcome: Kids learn about a variety of topics, from the concept of probability to geometric constructions.
Look Kool Construct
Best for kids aged 6+
Activity Time: 10 minutes
The Game: Kids will practice their geometry skills by constructing everyday objects out of familiar shapes, like building a house out of a triangle and square.
Learning Outcome: Kids learn about basic geometric shapes and how to recognise them in everyday objects.
Odd Squad Pienado
Best for kids aged 5+
Activity Time: 10 minutes
The Game: After a tornado made of pies is released, kids must fix the holes in the force field and capture the pies! Kids must manipulate 2D shapes by rotating, slicing, and re-combining shapes into increasingly more complex ones.
Learning Outcome: Kids will learn to identify two-dimensional shapes, such as rectangles, squares, and triangles, and combining shapes to fit a pattern.
Triagogo Additions
Best for kids aged 5+
Activity Time: 5 minutes
The Game: Kids will build their addition skills as they drag and drop the maths equations into the right house to win points. What starts like a simple game becomes really challenging as the speed increases. Then you really need to switch your mental arithmetic brain on!
Learning Outcome: Kids will boost their addition skills.
Kids Tangram
Best for kids aged 5+
Activity Time: 5 minutes
The Game: Kids are challenged to put seven pieces of the puzzle together to create certain desired shapes. Squares and triangles must be reassembled to create a large square, a large triangle, a parallelogram, and a trapezoid. While the main task is fairly simple, it has many possibilities for more challenging extensions.
Learning Outcome: Kids will learn how to solve puzzles and see shape sequences.
Math vs. Bat
Best for kids aged 5+
Activity Time: 5 minutes
The Game: Kids must solve maths problems in order to launch cannons that will stop a swarm of bats from invading the tower! The clock’s ticking as kids must save the castle by figuring out the solutions as quickly as possible.
Learning Outcome: Kids boost their addition, subtraction, and multiplication skills
We hope your kids have fun improving their maths skills in new and exciting ways. After all, there are three kinds of people in the world: those who can count, and those who can’t.