Christmas Hat Origami Back to Advent Calendar Christmas Hat Origami Back to Resources Start with square paper and follow the instructions. Use a paper coloured on one side, or use a plain white one and colour it later. Use a large square to [...]
Alive for Christmas Description Everyone knows... at night during Christmas toys always come to life... Ready to make the magic happen? Materials Chatterpix (free app) Apple: https://apps.apple.com/it/app/chatterpix-kids/id734046126 Google: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.duckduckmoosedesign.cpkids&hl=it Instructions Download Chatterpix app. Find an object or toy you would like to animate. Open the app and click “take photo”. [...]
Sense of Numbers Back to calendar Sense of Numbers Back to Resources Everyone is able to feel approximate quantities and to make simple calculations of these quantities. It doesn't matter what culture or age you're from, whether you know the names of the [...]
Christmas Baubles Back to calendar Christmas Baubles Back to Resources Mirror the design on the left onto the empty side of the grid to make a bauble appear. The black line is called the axis of symmetry. If you fold the paper along [...]
Pixel Colouring! Back to the calendar Pixel Colouring! Back to Resources Help the elves finish their mural. Do the maths, drag the correct colour and the picture will be revealed. Use the 'Check' button to verify your answers. Download a paper version at [...]
Elf Shadow Back to the calendar Elf Shadow Back to Resources Find and click on the shadow of the elf. Use the 'Check' button to verify your answer. Download a paper version at the bottom of the page. [...]
I spy... REINDEERS! Back to the calendar I spy... REINDEERS! Back to Resources Count how many of reindeers there are. Drag and drop the correct number to the corresponding reindeer. Which is your favourite reindeer? Let us know on social media @mathsweek! Download a paper [...]
Skill: Grouping and sharing, counting, ordinal number Resources: Images of the juice drink, biscuit, strawberry and cupcake and images of 20 children Activity: There are 20 children in the class. The teacher had a Halloween party and started to give out some treats. All pupils lined up and he gave a juice drink to [...]
Snakes and ladders Skill: Counting, addition, position and direction Resources: One die per pair of pupils, counters, snakes and ladders board Activity: Give each pair of pupils a die and one counter each. Each person starts on 1 and takes it in turn to roll the die and move the appropriate number of [...]
Picking Apples Skill:Counting, subtraction, problem solving Resources: 10 counters per pair of pupils, ‘Picking Apples’ template Activity: Give each pair of pupils the ‘Picking Apples’ template and ten counters (apples) placed on the branches of the tree. Pupils must take it in turns to ‘pick’ either one or two apples from the tree. [...]
