Basic Facts

Work on groupings first:

• Within 5 –      e.g.  2+3, 1+4, 5+0 etc
• With 5 –         e.g.  5+1, 5+2, 5+3 etc
• Within 10 –    e.g. 1+9, 2+8, 3+7 etc
• Doubles to 10 – e.g. 2+2, 5+5, 3+3 etc
• With 10 –       e.g. 10+4, 10+6, 10+9 etc
• Use playing cards without the picture cards and play snap or match the numbers that add up to 10

 To practice basic facts your child can:

• Draw the fact (e.g. 3 flowers and 6 flowers)
• Record the results in their own way
• Record the fact as an equation (e.g. 4 + 5 = 9)
• Write it out 5 times
• Image it (picture it in their mind). Talk to someone about their imaging.
• Show the fact with materials e.g. buttons, pencils, toothpicks, fingers
• Have them explain how they solved the problem (e.g. 17 – 4 = 13: I know that 7 take away 4 is 3, and then I add on the 10.)
• Make flash Cards or a number fan to practise your tables or just those you do not know well