Counting on together
Build addition within 20 through counting on and combining groups. Make time to compare strategies.
- Combine quantities and explain an addition strategy.
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Maths classroom games · England
Explore maths: Counting on together, Multiplication at the market, Counting and representing numbers. See learning goals and a suggested sequence; start with any available activity.
Ready-to-teach learning paths
Multiplication at the market
Connect repeated addition, equal groups and facts for 2, 5 and 10. Use this as supported recall alongside the wider year programme.
- Interpret equal groups and multiplication facts.
Counting and representing numbers
Counting and representing numbers: Count without missing → Ten and some more → Neighbours on the line → Counting patterns.
- Count pictured sets to 20, including zero; match numeral, word and quantity.
- Compose teens as ten and ones using ten frames; distinguish 14 from 41.
- Order three or four numbers within 100; identify one more and one less.
Adding and taking away
Adding and taking away: Parts make a whole → Crossing ten with pictures → What remains? → One-step stories → Explain the missing part.
- Find number bonds to 10 and 20 using missing parts and the equals sign.
- Choose a sensible addition strategy within 20 using partitioning.
- Subtract by taking away or finding a difference with objects and number lines.
England · 6–8 yearsThe number trailConnected short activities, one shared discovery.
England · 5–7 yearsThe number bridgeJoin small groups and practise addition within 20.
England · 7–9 yearsThe multiplication marketCount equal groups of fruit, books and classroom treasures.
England · 5–6 yearsParts make a wholeFind partners that make ten or twenty, and explain what equal means.
England · 5–6 yearsCrossing ten with picturesUse parts of a group to reach ten, then include the rest.
England · 5–6 yearsWhat remains?Use objects, matching and number lines to explain subtraction.
England · 5–6 yearsOne-step storiesChoose the calculation that matches joining, changing and comparing.
England · 5–6 yearsExplain the missing partSolve a missing number and explain why a counting mistake fails.
England · 5–6 yearsCount without missingCount each object once and connect the amount to a numeral or number word.
England · 5–6 yearsTen and some moreUse teacher-drawn ten-frames to build and read teen numbers.
England · 5–6 yearsNeighbours on the lineOrder number cards and reason about one more and one less.
England · 5–6 yearsCounting patternsContinue, repair and explain counts in twos, fives and tens.