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Tiny Tim’s Maths Tips – Year 1 and 2 Addition continued…

Posted on April 25, 2012 by officedickens

The next stage is children producing more formal recordings using their own ‘blank number lines‘ (often referred to as BNL). Children are able to ‘count on‘ in ones (they do this in their heads but record their ‘working out‘) and circle the … Continue reading →

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Tiny Tim’s Maths Tips – Year 1 and 2 Addition

Posted on April 25, 2012 by officedickens

Children understand addition best when it is taught alongside subtraction. Furthermore learning is better if given  a context as mathematical concepts are difficult to grasp without them. For younger children counting people and objects (toys, buttons etc.) and questions such as … Continue reading →

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Tiny Tim’s Maths Tips – Year 1 and 2 Subtraction continued…

Posted on March 23, 2012 by officedickens

The next stage is children producing more formal recordings using their own ‘blank number lines‘ (often referred to as BNL). Children are able to ‘count back‘ in ones (they do this in their heads but record their ‘working out‘) and circle the … Continue reading →

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Tiny Tim’s Maths Tips – Year 1 and 2 Subtraction

Posted on March 23, 2012 by officedickens

Children understand subtraction best when it is taught alongside addition. Furthermore learning is better if it is given  a context. For younger children a scenario such as ‘I had five oranges and we ate two. How many do we have … Continue reading →

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