Maths warm up games nz

Take one away and get children to write down which fact disappeared. Remove one every 30 seconds. Children have a grid with numbers 1 — 36 on, two dice and coloured counters. Children roll dice and cover up the answer to the two dice multiplied together. Whoever had most counters at end is winner. Use 9 sided dice and bigger grid for more challenge. Draw pentagon with circles on corners. Draw another circle in middle, connect to all others. Num in circles, random order.

Chn start at 0, take turn to slide around adding the number they slide to. Start displaying Children take it in turns to take off a number from Whoever makes it show zero is the winner. Primary HT. Using this as a space to write honestly and freely about the state of education currently. View more posts. You are commenting using your WordPress.

You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. Skip to content Some maths warm up games and ideas that I have used over my time teaching maths to get you started for the new year, hope they are of some use!

Related number facts Write one number on the board. Countdown Numbers A classic, children work in pairs or solo on whiteboards. Countdown Fractions Same principle, but more challenging! Broken Calculator Can children make the target numbers using any certain keys on the calculator?

A simple activity can be made harder by changing a few numbers. The bubble jigsaw puzzles are good examples because children and parents can make simple addition puzzles or puzzles using fractions, decimals, and percentages. Teachers will probably be familiar with most of the games suggested below. Who has…? The person with the starter card begins the game.

Make enough bingo sheets to go around the class. Each bingo sheet should contain multiple answers. When you read out the questions, the pupils cross the answers off their sheets, if they are there.

Maths bingo can be designed to suit children of any age. You might want to make a couple of packs suitable for each year group that you are teaching, laminate them and have pupils cross them off in whiteboard pen so that you can use them again and again. Prepare with a list of mental maths questions appropriate for the skill level of the group that you are teaching. Get all your students to stand up in a circle, then go round asking them rapid-fire questions. Students sit down once they have answered a question correctly.

If they get it wrong they remain standing. Keep going around the circle until all pupils are sitting down. For added excitement keep a record of your score and try to beat it each lesson. Or divide your class into teams and let them race against each other, with a point for the team who solves the question the fastest. The team with the most points wins. To join them, get in touch or browse our vacancies. Looking to teach in London or elsewhere in the UK? Contact us for more information.

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