{"id":2698,"date":"2021-02-10T09:56:55","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T09:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/whatriggseccmain2019\/?page_id=2698"},"modified":"2025-04-04T12:55:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T12:55:20","slug":"maths-numeracy-monthly-challenges","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/whatriggseccmain2019\/staff-champion-roles\/numeracy-working-party\/maths-numeracy-monthly-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Maths & Numeracy Monthly Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Each month we will post a new Maths and Numeracy challenge for you all to have a go and take part in at home with your family! \ud83d\udc69\u200d\ud83d\udd2c\ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83d\udd2c<\/div>\n
Each challenge provides a range of opportunities to develop key numeracy skills such as counting, matching and sorting and\u00a0 mathematical language and some tips on how you can encourage conversations with your little people which will develop these skills \ud83e\udde9\ud83e\uddea\u2795<\/div>\n
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Have a look below for this months and our previous months challenges and all the fantastic ways our children and families have given them a go at home! \ud83c\udfe1\ud83d\udc66\ud83d\udc67<\/div>\n
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Remember<\/strong> if you do take on any challenges please let us know and send in any pictures if you can either directly to our Facebook page or on your child’s learning journals, so we can make sure to acknowledge your hard work!<\/div>\n
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April home link challenge<\/span><\/b><\/h1>\n

Baking and cooking can be a simple and effective way to expose young children to early maths concepts. Getting involved in the kitchen early has so many benefits for maths, literacy and spending quality time together. Easy ways to involve young children can be:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • helping out with things like cutting and chopping using butter knives<\/span><\/li>\n
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  • counting the quantity of ingredients needed<\/span><\/li>\n
  • using either digital or mechanical scales for number recognition<\/span><\/li>\n
  • \u2018reading\u2019 the recipe, looking for numbers in weight or order of instructions<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    • 200g\u00a0milk chocolate<\/span><\/li>\n
    • 75g\u00a0unsalted butter<\/span><\/li>\n
    • 1 tablespoon golden syrup<\/span><\/li>\n
    • 125g\u00a0Rice Krispies<\/span><\/li>\n
    • 250g\u00a0mini egg or chocolate button decorations<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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      • Chop the milk chocolate, and place in a small microwave-safe bowl or jug with the butter. Microwave in 30-second increments, until mostly melted. Stir until fully melted and smooth.<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Place the rice krispies in a large mixing bowl.<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Add the melted chocolate and golden syrup to the rice krispies and mix until well combined.<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Spoon mounds of the mixture into cupcake cases. A small cookie\/ice cream scoop is helpful for this, but a spoon will also do the trick. <\/span><\/li>\n
      • Shape the mounds into nests, using the back of the spoon.<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Decorate with chocolate or chopped mini eggs <\/span><\/li>\n
      • If you’re planning to eat these the same day, you can pop your mini eggs into the nests now. If you’re making them a day or so in advance and you’re using mini eggs, it’s best to leave the eggs off and add them just before serving, as the moisture from the fridge can make the eggs sticky.<\/li>\n
      • Place the nests into the fridge for at least an hour, or until firm.<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Store the Easter nests in the fridge in an airtight container for 2-3 days.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        February Numeracy Home Link Challenge<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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        For February’s challenge we would love for you to be detectives<\/strong> in your world, searching for patterns<\/strong> at home or when you’re out and about this holiday weekend. Be on the look out for all sorts of patterns, either on fabric (like leopard print<\/strong> or spotty<\/strong> socks!) or when you’re out for a walk or in the car (zebra crossings<\/strong>, road signs<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

        If you feel like you could be a super detective<\/strong> you could even have a go at creating<\/strong> a pattern, using anything you like! Patterns can be anything<\/strong> that is repetitive<\/strong>, and we’d love to see how creative you are with what you use.<\/p>\n

        Early pattern spotting starts with recognising colours<\/strong>, and what is ‘the same<\/strong>‘ or matching<\/strong>. This would be a great place to start with your child if they’re not at the stage of recognising or creating patterns yet.<\/p>\n

        We would love to see photos of you and your child being pattern detectives over the holiday weekend, please upload them to their learning journal or alternatively email them in and we will print and display them within the ECC for our STEAM February home challenge.<\/p>\n

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        January Numeracy Home Link Challenge<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

        Measurement At Home<\/h3>\n

        For January’s challenge we would like you to find out who the tallest and shortest members of your family are. You can measure using lots of different ways, from measuring tapes and rulers using centimetres and metres, to using hands, feet or other objects around your home. Let us know how you chose to measure your family members.<\/p>\n

        We would love to see a picture you have drawn of your findings, who is tallest, shortest and everyone in between!<\/p>\n

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        December Numeracy Home Link Challenge<\/h2>\n

        Collage Christmas Tree<\/h3>\n

        For December we would love for your child to use their creative skills along with their Maths to create a Christmas tree out of collage. You can use anything you have at home, cut up old newspapers\/magazines, boxes, card, wrapping paper, stickers etc. It can be 2D or if you are feeling adventurous it can be a 3D model!<\/p>\n

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        When you are helping your child with this we want to be focusing on shapes, talking about what different 2D\/3D shapes you can see\/draw\/cut. Can you add different shapes together to make new shapes? What shapes do we need to make a tree, baubles etc?<\/p>\n

        We cant wait to see what amazing creations you all come up with and what shapes you can use and make.<\/p>\n

        Good Luck!<\/p>\n

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        November Numeracy Home Link Challenge<\/h3>\n

        A Number Search<\/h3>\n

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        For this months challenge we would like you to have a look all around your local environment, from your home, outdoors, in shops etc and see if you can find the numbers 0-10! Here are some examples of where you might find them…<\/p>\n

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        We would love when you find some if you can ask your adult to take a picture with some of them and upload these to your learning journal, so we can all see how busy you have been!<\/p>\n

        Good luck, we can’t wait to see where you can find some numbers!<\/p>\n

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        One of the children managed to find the numbers, 0,1 and 8 at the swimming pool!<\/p>\n

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        October Numeracy Home Link Challenge<\/h2>\n

        An Autumn Colour Hunt<\/h2>\n

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        To start us off on our monthly numeracy challenges, we are asking you to take part in an Autumn colour hunt!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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        Can you take an autumn walk with your family and collect some natural resources such as leaves\/sticks etc and use these to make a colourful picture at home? \ud83c\udf42\ud83c\udf3f<\/div>\n
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        Points to talk about with your child:<\/div>\n