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24.01.2022 All students love a game of Bingo! I roll the dice, but this time the students choose where the numbers go, depending on what I roll. Using either a 6- or 10- sided dice (6-sided dice = 4 in a row or 10-sided dice = 5 in a row) will determine the level of difficulty :) Have fun! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI_PP7kBecM

23.01.2022 Due to the FB advertising that I don't know how to control I will only be posting on my website in future - www.mathsheroes.com.au

20.01.2022 We’re planning Alex and Max’s joint birthday celebration, in collaboration with LEGO DUPLO. This LEGO Foundation activity, using six LEGO DUPLO bricks, makes a ...fun party game! Roll the dice to see how many studs to cover with the next brick. If you roll a five, cover the whole brick. The game ends when the tower collapses! Discover more: http://lego.build/sixbricks #TheDadLab #LEGOparty #LEGODUPLO #spon See more

20.01.2022 A visual aid to help students see the number bonds

20.01.2022 So I have made some very amateur videos but it's the concept that is important! If you don't think multiplicatively then most of algebra is hard to access and it also underpins ratio, percentage and many other topics 1.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCsn_2nXf7Y&feature=youtu.be 2.http://youtu.be/LillMOKcdyA 3.http://youtu.be/dxQyCFRBq7I 4.http://youtu.be/xODHX3n_thQ... 5.http://youtu.be/R7q6d1iX8Yk 6.http://youtu.be/oBzEYaG-574 7.http://youtu.be/fASjYyv6TwI 8.http://youtu.be/ENFuDcFe4_c See more

19.01.2022 Maths is easier than English. We only use 10 digits in maths: 0-9 (& our punctuation is + - x /) Ever heard the rule i before e except after c (so what about foreign?) Maths doesn't have exceptions to rules like English. Let's compare: the number 428 has the digits 4, 2 and 8; the word cat has the letters c-a-t yet when in other words it has a different sound eg cellophane it sounds like an s!) The place where digits find themselves gives them their value- every time! 4 hundreds, 2 tens and 8 ones. The number 0.53 has the digits 5 and 3 and it's value is 53 hundredths. QED.

19.01.2022 A triangle is half the rectangle. Choose a point on a piece of paper, fold back to the corners and tear off. Place triangles over the other triangle.

16.01.2022 Check out this one!! https://www.gamesforyoungminds.com//the-1-to-10-magic-card Let me know how you go :)

15.01.2022 https://youtu.be/ZxLFtg-F4-Q Division is one of the hardest concepts for students to understand (other than half for you and half for me!). Here are a few alternative strategies other than rote to support your students.

15.01.2022 https://solveme.edc.org/ Three great ways to problem solve and do algebra, enjoy!

14.01.2022 Here are a few strats sheets (Word docs) your students can use to help with multiplying and dividing. http://www.mathsheroes.com.au/2016/03/maths-strats/

14.01.2022 Ella put a jigsaw puzzle game on my iPad because I really enjoy doing puzzles, but here’s the epiphany that I had while doing them. Where do you start a puzzle: somewhere where you know you will experience success right? The most common answer I get when I ask that question is the edge pieces. Great. Next? Well I usually collect pieces of a colour or section that is obvious in the puzzle This means you end up with a pile of pieces (if you’re methodical they will be grou...ped/sectioned in some sort of order!) that you then start putting together a few join together and then a few more join before a bigger piece appears. Every time you try to fit a piece and it doesn’t work, it is a fail. Your aim - to get the puzzle done, means you have to fail as fast as you can! Towards the end of the puzzle you are putting in pieces easily (though there are still fails along the way ) The picture that goes with this is below: because in the beginning you think great edge pieces done (upward slope), then it gets messy, this is where the learning (aka failing fast) happens. Most of us feel uncomfortable, anxious, overwhelmed or some other emotions with the messy part and wallow there but the fact is - you have to go through mess if you want to come out the other side. When teaching students maths I often draw this picture and explain this to them learning will probably be uncomfortable but that’s the way it goes. Remind yourself that to start the journey, a feeling of success is very important. See more

13.01.2022 A great game for young and old - Shut the box https://youtu.be/uNIt4m0rWCU

11.01.2022 Invaluable to teach place value

10.01.2022 Here's a document to help teach sharing. It scaffolds short division in its structure and links to the array concept of multiplication. The document can be downloaded from https://www.tes.com//teaching-resource-for-division-sharin and a quick video is at https://youtu.be/OfNGM-My7zE

09.01.2022 http://youtu.be/b7atYtzaSM4

08.01.2022 Want to know how to teach multiplication simply - use Multiplicative Thinking Blocks! This is a demo using the Teacher's Set which contains 100 pieces (1x1 up to 10x10) which are made from commercial grade laminate with magnets on the back for use on a whiteboard. If you have any questions please contact me at [email protected] Everyone deserves to feel like a maths hero!

08.01.2022 http://youtu.be/X55dj_oRWM4

07.01.2022 A great game for young and old - Shut the box. Here's a quick clip to show you how to play, enjoy! C :) https://youtu.be/uNIt4m0rWCU

06.01.2022 http://vivas.us/i-promise-that-this-japanese-multiplicatio/ When you explain this to anyone use different colours to represent the ones, tens and hundreds it will make seeing the ones x ones (=ones), tens x ones (=tens) and tens x tens (=hundreds) much clearer. Also show the array that would go with the multiplication. I will do a post on array multiplication next time. Enjoy multiplying! :)

04.01.2022 Welcome to Creating Maths Heroes - the place where you will find a myriad of teaching strategies to improve maths education from primary to secondary levels. Here's a fun game to start off: Maths paper, rock, scissors! Level 1: two players use one hand and the winner is the first to say the sum (+) of the fingers on both hands. Addition to 10... Level 2: two players use both hands and the winner is the first to say the sum (+) of the fingers on four hands. Addition to 20 Level 3: two players use one hand and the winner is the first to say the product (x) of the fingers on both hands. Times tables to 5 x 5 Level 4: two players use both hands and the winner is the first to say the product (x) of the fingers on both hands eg if I put 7 fingers and my opponent 4 fingers, the winner is the first person to say 28. Times tables to 10 x 10. more levels: >the difference between the fingers >multiple players - play with three or more! ** Only allow zero to be used once by any player;)

01.01.2022 "Challenges help me grow." Sketchnote via @kwiens62