Help Your Child Build Confidence and Understanding in Maths Through Play

Whether you're a parent, grandparent or carer, this Play & Learn bundle helps you support your child's maths learning through fun, hands-on play.

Year 1 is an exciting stage in your child's maths journey. As they encounter new ideas and begin tackling more challenging concepts, it's important they have opportunities to explore, ask questions and make sense of what they're learning. Sometimes the greatest gift you can give your child isn't the answer — it's the time to explore, think and work things out together.

Designed for children aged 5–6, every activity encourages your child to think, investigate and solve problems through playful, practical experiences that build confidence and understanding.

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What's Included

Your bundle includes:

• 30 playful, hands-on maths activities
• A practical Parent's Guide to Maths Learning
• Activity tracker and printable resources
• 3 colourful reward charts
• 8 printable achievement certificates

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What Will My Child Explore?

For young children, maths is something to be explored, not memorised.

Through games, investigations, creative challenges and practical activities, your child will explore key areas of Year 1 maths while deepening their understanding and developing the confidence to apply their learning in different ways. Together, the 30 activities provide varied opportunities to revisit, practise and make sense of important mathematical ideas throughout the year.

Activities include opportunities to explore:

• Place value
• Number bonds
• Addition and subtraction
  
• Fractions
• Shape and geometry
• Measurement
• Problem-solving and mathematical reasoning

Rather than simply practising calculations, every activity encourages children to explain their thinking, investigate different strategies, spot patterns and make connections between ideas. The focus is on helping children understand why maths works, not just how to find an answer.

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More Than Just Maths Activities

This bundle is designed to support you as you help your child deepen their understanding of maths. But it doesn't just give you activities to do together - it helps you understand the learning behind them.

The practical Parent's Guide explains how children develop mathematical understanding, the ideas your child is exploring and simple ways to support their learning through everyday experiences.

Every activity includes:

✔ Clear, step-by-step instructions

✔ A simple list of suggested resources

✔ An explanation of the mathematical ideas being explored

✔ Conversation prompts that encourage mathematical thinking

✔ Practical guidance to help you support your child

✔ Extension ideas for children who are ready for an extra challenge

Every activity encourages you and your child to talk, wonder and solve problems together, turning everyday play into rich mathematical conversations.

You don't need to know how to teach maths or be a maths expert. Between the Parent's Guide and the guidance woven throughout every activity, you'll understand not only what to do, but why it matters, helping you feel more confident supporting your child's maths development.

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Why Learn Through Play?

As children grow, it's easy to think maths becomes less about play and more about getting the right answers.

But play continues to play an important role in learning maths.

When children have opportunities to explore ideas through games, practical activities and everyday experiences, they begin to develop a deeper understanding of the maths they're learning. They have time to think, ask questions, explain their ideas and discover different ways to solve problems.

Some of the most valuable learning happens when children have someone beside them to listen, encourage their thinking and explore ideas together. Those one-to-one conversations help children build confidence, make connections between ideas and develop understanding that lasts.

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Created for Real Family Life

Life is busy, so the activities use simple, everyday materials that you probably already have at home, require very little preparation and fit naturally into family routines.

There's no pressure to recreate lessons at home or spend hours working through worksheets. Just 10 or 15 minutes exploring maths together here and there can make a real difference.

Those shared moments give your child the opportunity to ask questions, explain their thinking, try different ideas and build confidence at their own pace. Together, you'll celebrate successes, work through challenges and enjoy discovering maths in everyday life.

Children benefit from revisiting mathematical ideas, which is why these activities are designed to be enjoyed again and again throughout the year. Each time your child returns to an activity, they'll notice new ideas, strengthen their understanding and become increasingly confident in their thinking.

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Supporting Year 1 Maths

Across the 30 activities, children explore key areas of Year 1 maths within the Key Stage 1 National Curriculum for England, making the bundle ideal for supporting and reinforcing school learning through playful, practical experiences at home, or for those who would benefit from additional opportunities to explore maths through play.

But they do more than simply introduce curriculum concepts.

By encouraging your child to explore, discuss and make sense of maths, these activities help develop genuine understanding, not just early recall skills. As they play, they'll explain their thinking, make connections between ideas, solve problems and become increasingly confident mathematical thinkers.

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Download Today

Download your bundle instantly and start exploring maths together.

One playful activity at a time, you'll nurture your child's curiosity, deepen their understanding and build the confidence they'll carry throughout their maths journey.