What to do with this activity?
You might like to find out more about what your child is doing in primary school and how you can support them. Have a look at these resources for parents. They are from the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) which develops the curriculum for primary and secondary schools in Ireland.
Scroll down and click on the sections that relate to your child's class. For instance, here is a useful maths tipsheet about helping your child with subtraction - tens and units.
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Why am I doing this?
Children learn numbers and maths in a natural way through play and everyday activities. It’s different to school and should always be fun and practical – that way your child will enjoy working with numbers.
Your child also develops a sense of patterns and what time means in everyday life. This is important for helping your child to manage everyday activities – going places, how long they have to wait and understanding when things will happen in the future.
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How can I do more?
Talking about numbers helps your child’s fluency in counting, estimating and understanding numbers and money in everyday life. It takes time for children to understand addition and subtraction so use objects when helping them understand this or when doing their homework.
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