Children are shown on the next slides cars and motorbikes and can use the smartboard presentation to workout how many cars and motorbikes he has. This resource is fantastic for children to use numeracy for a real purpose.
Problems to Solve: "Animals in fields, ducks in a pond, pigs on a mountain and many more problems to solve."
Children are shown very visual pictures and images of senarios to solve. The problem to solve is written at the bottom of each page and the children are able to move the images around the screen and draw on any images which may help solve the problems! After the problem is solved a well done screen appears!
Sum Up: "Here a 4 numbers, use them in anyway you like to make the answer. You can add, takeaway, divide or multiply but you must find the answer."Children can move around the large colourful numbers on the screen and create sums to see if they can solve the problem and answer the sum. There are a series of different answers for children to find using the same senario.
Word Problems: "Add the number of bears to the number of Dwarves Snow White met?" "Double the number of Billy Goats Gruff to the number of trolls under the bridge..."A series of fantastic, interesting word problems to solve. All the problems involve well known story characters which children are familair with. Children can use the recording sheet to solve the problems, to show their working out. A great fun activity to get children thinking. Very visual images to inspire and create an interest.
* An accomplying worksheet for children to complete individually is included!
Ice Cream Challenge: "You only have 3 flavours of ice cream; rainbow, chocolate and strawberry. You must fill up the ice creams on the following slide using only these 3 flavours no ice cream should be the same!"A fun activity to be shown together on the Interactive Whiteboard and tried out, before children work on their own to solve this problem. This activity helps children to think methodically, carefully, thoughtfully demonstrating perservence and motivation in their work.
* An accomplying worksheet for children to complete individually is included!
