{"id":3394,"date":"2025-04-23T19:53:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T19:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/cambusbarronps\/?p=3394"},"modified":"2025-04-26T19:21:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T19:21:21","slug":"supporting-first-level-numeracy-maths-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/cambusbarronps\/2025\/04\/23\/supporting-first-level-numeracy-maths-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting First Level Numeracy &amp; Maths at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>In this post we&#8217;ll share:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Key learning explored in First Level<\/li>\n<li>Everyday maths activities<\/li>\n<li>Links to websites and activities for First Level<\/li>\n<li>Tools to support learning<\/li>\n<li>Suggested apps and books for First Level<\/li>\n<li>Video guides for key Skills<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Key Learning Explored in First Level<\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/public\/cambusbarronps\/uploads\/sites\/3440\/2025\/03\/20153520\/Screenshot-2025-03-20-at-15.35.07.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3409\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/cambusbarronps\/2025\/04\/23\/supporting-first-level-numeracy-maths-at-home\/screenshot-2025-03-20-at-15-35-07\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/public\/cambusbarronps\/uploads\/sites\/3440\/2025\/03\/20153520\/Screenshot-2025-03-20-at-15.35.07.png\" data-orig-size=\"1260,892\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2025-03-20 at 15.35.07\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/public\/cambusbarronps\/uploads\/sites\/3440\/2025\/03\/20153520\/Screenshot-2025-03-20-at-15.35.07-300x212.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/public\/cambusbarronps\/uploads\/sites\/3440\/2025\/03\/20153520\/Screenshot-2025-03-20-at-15.35.07-1024x725.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3409\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/public\/cambusbarronps\/uploads\/sites\/3440\/2025\/03\/20153520\/Screenshot-2025-03-20-at-15.35.07-1024x725.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/public\/cambusbarronps\/uploads\/sites\/3440\/2025\/03\/20153520\/Screenshot-2025-03-20-at-15.35.07-1024x725.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/public\/cambusbarronps\/uploads\/sites\/3440\/2025\/03\/20153520\/Screenshot-2025-03-20-at-15.35.07-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/public\/cambusbarronps\/uploads\/sites\/3440\/2025\/03\/20153520\/Screenshot-2025-03-20-at-15.35.07-768x544.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/public\/cambusbarronps\/uploads\/sites\/3440\/2025\/03\/20153520\/Screenshot-2025-03-20-at-15.35.07-800x566.png 800w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/public\/cambusbarronps\/uploads\/sites\/3440\/2025\/03\/20153520\/Screenshot-2025-03-20-at-15.35.07.png 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2>Everyday maths ideas for First Level<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/public\/cambusbarronps\/uploads\/sites\/3440\/2025\/03\/20183713\/Everyday-Maths-Ideas-First-Level.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3416\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/cambusbarronps\/2025\/04\/23\/supporting-first-level-numeracy-maths-at-home\/everyday-maths-ideas-first-level\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/public\/cambusbarronps\/uploads\/sites\/3440\/2025\/03\/20183713\/Everyday-Maths-Ideas-First-Level.png\" data-orig-size=\"1260,891\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Everyday Maths Ideas &#8211; First Level\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/public\/cambusbarronps\/uploads\/sites\/3440\/2025\/03\/20183713\/Everyday-Maths-Ideas-First-Level-300x212.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/public\/cambusbarronps\/uploads\/sites\/3440\/2025\/03\/20183713\/Everyday-Maths-Ideas-First-Level-1024x724.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3416 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/public\/cambusbarronps\/uploads\/sites\/3440\/2025\/03\/20183713\/Everyday-Maths-Ideas-First-Level-1024x724.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/public\/cambusbarronps\/uploads\/sites\/3440\/2025\/03\/20183713\/Everyday-Maths-Ideas-First-Level-1024x724.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/public\/cambusbarronps\/uploads\/sites\/3440\/2025\/03\/20183713\/Everyday-Maths-Ideas-First-Level-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/public\/cambusbarronps\/uploads\/sites\/3440\/2025\/03\/20183713\/Everyday-Maths-Ideas-First-Level-768x543.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/public\/cambusbarronps\/uploads\/sites\/3440\/2025\/03\/20183713\/Everyday-Maths-Ideas-First-Level-800x566.png 800w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/public\/cambusbarronps\/uploads\/sites\/3440\/2025\/03\/20183713\/Everyday-Maths-Ideas-First-Level.png 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Links to websites and activities for First Level<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/bitesize\/levels\/zgckjxs\">Bitesize<\/a>&#8216; offer onlines games, videos and activity ideas organised into different ages and stages. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/bitesize\/levels\/zgckjxs\">Click here to explore<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Which One Doesn&#8217;t Belong is a great website to get chatting about maths.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/talkingmathwithkids.com\/wodb\/\">Click here to explore<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Here are some of our favourite family games you can play in the car, waiting for a bus or whilst out on a walk. Most games are flexible enough to adjust to different ages.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/cambusbarronps\/2017\/09\/14\/quick-fun-maths-actvities\/\">Click here to explore<\/a><\/li>\n<li>For more links to websites and activities we like to use in school<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/cambusbarronps\/2020\/03\/26\/get-thinking\/\">Click here to explore<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Tools to support learning<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/toytheater.com\/category\/teacher-tools\/virtual-manipulatives\/\">Toy Theatre<\/a> has some great tools to explore number at home. There are many tools useful for First Level learning, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>interactive dice<\/li>\n<li>number lines<\/li>\n<li>number charts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Suggested apps and books for First Level<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathsthroughstories.org\/recommendations.html\">Maths Through Stories<\/a> have GREAT book suggestions. If there are any you like the look of\u00a0 you can request them at the Library! For First Level the following categories are very helpful:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathsthroughstories.org\/skip-counting.html\">Skip Counting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathsthroughstories.org\/counting-forwards-to-and-backwards-from-100.html\">Counting Forwards and Backwards to 100<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathsthroughstories.org\/place-value.html\">Place Value<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathsthroughstories.org\/estimating.html\">Estimating<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathsthroughstories.org\/large-numbers.html\">Large Numbers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.abcya.android.games\">ABCYA! Games<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/gb\/app\/math-bingo\/id371338715\">Math Bingo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/gb\/app\/marble-math\/id528616029\">Marble Maths<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/scratchjr\/id895485086\">Scratch Jr<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Video guides for key skills<\/h2>\n<p>In First Level there&#8217;s a big focus on building on tstrong number foundations, extending our understanding of numbers, developing mental maths strategies. Here are some videos which explore those key skills in some depth:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LoC0nNGC0_c\">Adding 2 digit numbers using partitioning<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pUv-PZK_QL4\">Subtracting using partitoning<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DS3W9WLIxlQ\">Skip Counting<\/a> is a key part of being successful in multiplication and division (2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 10s)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VUCjNm47PbU\">Using arrays<\/a> are an important step to understanding multiplication and division tables<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this post we&#8217;ll share: Key learning explored in First Level Everyday maths activities Links to websites and activities for First Level Tools to support learning Suggested apps and books for First Level Video guides for key Skills Key Learning Explored in First Level Everyday maths ideas for First Level Links to websites and activities for First Level &#8216;Bitesize&#8216; offer onlines games, videos and activity ideas organised into different ages<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/cambusbarronps\/2025\/04\/23\/supporting-first-level-numeracy-maths-at-home\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4709,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[396196],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hayford"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/cambusbarronps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/cambusbarronps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/cambusbarronps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/cambusbarronps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4709"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/cambusbarronps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3394"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/cambusbarronps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3456,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/cambusbarronps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3394\/revisions\/3456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/cambusbarronps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/cambusbarronps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/st\/cambusbarronps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}