This resource was inspired by the Puzzle of the Month in the always informative newsletter by Andrew Jeffrey, also on twitter as @AJMagicMessage. The challenge is to arrange the numbers 1 to 15 so that each adjacent pair, when added together, result in a square number. This puzzle is particularly nice in that it doesn’t need […]
This maths-practice game was originally for practising multiplication but now includes other arithmetic too The purpose of the game is to last as long as possible, recorded by the ever increasing score. The car’s fuel is constantly ticking down. The fuel can be topped up by collecting the correct fuel barrels to answer the question […]
Drag the existing triangle to the pegboard. Add new corners by tapping on one of the existing sides. Remove corners by double tapping them. Remove the whole shape by dragging one of the corners of the right of the pegboard. Choose the colour of the new shape using one of the 4 available colours. […]
This IWB resource for was created to help some children I worked with to learn the alphabet. As they were older than when they were expected to have learned the alphabet by, they found many of the available resources to be too young looking for them. This was created to help them to practise using […]
Note that these are teaching resources to aid in teaching. They are not designed for self study, although they could be useful in refreshing a student’s knowledge by using the tools by which the teacher taught him or her. To assist in this and also to refresh the memories of any parent who might […]
This IWB and iPad compatible classroom resource is designed as a starter or plenary activity. Show the resource to your class and give them 30, 60 or 90 seconds to calculate the highest possible total of 4 tiles. They must pick a starting tile, then move either up, down, left or right to form the […]
This resources brings a popular old resource up to date. As well as being smartened up this resource is compatible with iPads and other tablets as well as PCs. In essence it is the same as the older resource and is made to accompany a puzzle published in an old book by Henry Ernest Dudeney. […]