Foundation – Year 2 Mathematics
Have you met The Mathscots?
The Mathscots animation series is designed to support both teachers and families in engaging children in mathematics. The stand-alone episodes explore a range of maths and numeracy concepts aligned to the Victorian Curriculum Foundation to Level 2.
The animations have been designed to build parents’ understanding of different ways in which they can support their children’s learning in mathematics.
In Episode 6, ‘Making Biscuit Patterns’, Prime and Abacus have fun making repeating patterns using 2 dimensional shapes.
In Episode 7, ‘Toy Treasure Hunt’, Abacus follows Al’s clues to find her toy. Buster joins in on the fun of a toy treasure hunt.
As you watch with your child/ren use the pauses, prompts and questions to talk about the maths being presented. Keep an eye out for the suggested activities at the end that your children might like to explore after watching the episode.
Episode 6 and 7 conclude our Mathscots Foundation episodes. Next fortnight keep your eye out for the next level of Mathscots episodes!
3-6 Mathematics
We know that it can be hard for parents to know how best to support their child with learning mathematics, so NRICH Maths has provided a short video sharing some advice that we hope will be useful to any parent or carer, that focuses on solving problems together.We know that it can be hard for parents to know how best to support their child with learning mathematics, so NRICH Maths has provided a short video sharing some advice that we hope will be useful to any parent or carer, that focuses on solving problems together.
Click the link below to have a go at completing the game Solving Together – Combining Lengths. There is a short video you can watch to learn how to play or you can read the rules linked below. It’s possible to find a set of rods that measures even more than ten different lengths. What’s the furthest that you can go? How many different lengths could you make if you only had two rods?
How many different lengths do you think you could make using four rods?