Best suited for Early Level
Videos and activities to do with your class or at home covering topics including classification, patterns and symmetry. Teachers notes and plans are also provided.
Content created by the Scottish Mathematical Council
Today we have a really simple game to share with you, that can be played at home, on the go, or in the classroom. The game encourages multiplication and addition skills, and also requires some strategic thinking and considering the probability of what numbers you are going to roll.
Best suited for Early Level
An ideal story for ages 3-6, this early years resource covers counting from 1-20, large and small sizes, sorting shapes and encourages creativity in an outdoor setting.
To watch the video, including a BSL version, and request the free supporting teachers notes, visit the JoJo Gnome website.
Created by Jo Hall
Learn how to play Five Field Kono - a strategy game from Korea. The aim of the game is to be the first to get all your counters to your opponent’s side of the board.
Best suited for Early Level
‘JoJo Gnome & the Shape Map’ finds JoJo Gnome making a map from all of the shapes he finds on a walk with his Grandpa. An ideal celebration of STEM and outdoor learning.
To watch the video and request the free supporting teachers notes, visit the JoJo Gnome website.
Created by Jo Hall
Best suited for Early Level
Muddy Faces share their top five outdoor maths activities for young children, all using natural materials: perfect for developing those numeracy skills outside the classroom.
The punchlines to five summer time jokes have been encrypted as secret messages, using Pigpen Cipher. Can you crack the code?
You can also have a go at encrypting your own secret messages, using our Cryptography resource developed by the Open University, with five different ciphers to choose from.
>> Download Code Cracker Challenge
>> Download Cryptography Resource
We love a good dice game! If you travel with some dice in your pocket, you'll never be bored, there's so much you can do with them. Today's game Threes Away requires five dice - you'll also need to think strategically, and it encourages number recognition too.
Best suited for Early Level
This booklet introduces some maths inspired games and activities which you can play with your child or children when out and about together. Suitable for families and ELCs.
Produced by DGOWL
It's a Summer of sports - can you work out from the clues, who has gone to watch which sporting event, and what snacks they are eating? There are two levels of difficulty to choose from. In the advanced level, you'll also need to work out what the weather is like.
Best suited for Early Level
Join Andrew from North Lanarkshire Libraries for a special Maths Week Bookbug Online, filled with numbers and counting. Are you ready to sing, rhyme, learn and count?
Queah is a traditional board game from Liberia. The two-player strategy game has some similarities to draughts, in that you capture your opponent's counters by jumping over them. A unique feature is that you have a reserve, from which you can replace your captured counters.
Best suited for Early Level
Join Emma from North Lanarkshire Libraries for a special Maths Week Bookbug Online, filled with numbers and counting. Are you ready to sing, rhyme, learn and count?
This RPG game about maths in Ancient Egypt was developed by Daisy Abbott from Anderston Primary Parent Council, for Maths Week Scotland 2024.
Best suited for Early Level
Join North Lanarkshire Libraries for a special Maths Week Bookbug Online, filled with numbers and counting. Are you ready to sing, rhyme, learn and count?
Get ready for some seasonal summer counting fun! How many of each ice cream can you find? For a bonus activity, colour them all in.
Best suited for Early and First Level
There is maths involved in any form of exercise training to maintain your physical health. Try each exercise three times a week, and record your progress over a period of four weeks. What improvements can you see? Note how you feel at the beginning of the four weeks versus the end. A great keep fit challenge you can do individually or as a group, either in class or at home.
Our theme for 2024 is Maths Tales, so for World Book Day we are showing you how to make an origami bookmark. Origami involves a lot of maths skills, including spatial awareness, fractions, lines, angles, symmetry or rotation.
Best suited for Early and First Level
Scottish Book Trust's Early Years programme aims to help children develop a love of books and reading by providing four free bags of books to every child in Scotland during their first five years. CALL Scotland has worked with the Scottish Book Trust to create a fantastic pack of award winning symbolised resources to accompany these books. They can be used with pupils with Additional Support Needs and those with communication difficulties.
All too often, a barrier to learning is a child's lack of confidence in their own ability, which is why the NumBots Scrapheap Stories were created, free for everyone to enjoy on YouTube. Each adventure serves as a gateway to a different growth mindsets, such as developing resilience, independent learning, respect, teamwork and more.
Best suited for Early and First Level
Ria Kirkpatrick, UHI STEM Outreach Coordinator for Orkney, has developed a playful set of resources that bring maths and science to life through the wonders of the weather.
Children will: measure puddles, compare sizes, and extend their maths vocabulary; create wind discs to explore direction and speed; watch the water cycle unfold in a jar; play with shadows and light as the skies change; build dams to test how water flows and moves.
Is there a greater language of love than maths? Well, we may be a bit biased. But there's plenty of maths involved in our fun Valentines Day Lego hearts. So what are you waiting for - raid your Lego box, and get building!
Best suited for Early and First Level
Milo’s Money Game is a free resource for schools and families, that helps introduce key money concepts to children aged 5-7. Research shows that many habits around money are formed in these early years. When children learn how to manage money well from a young age, the benefits last a lifetime.
Produced by the Just Finance Foundation
The big circular windows that take pride of place in many churches or cathedrals - often referred to as 'rose windows' - are usually divided into symmetrical sections, with intricate designs made up of shapes. Today, we'll show you how to create your own mini rose window, with a symmetrical design.