Key Stage 1 Numeracy Homework
Memory Game for Foundation 2

What will this game will achieve?
This game will help your child's memory.  It will also develop their counting skills.

You will need:

9 cups

How do you play?

  • With your child watching, hide 2 counters under 2 cups, 3 counters under 3 cups, 4 counters under 2 cups and five counters under the last 2 cups.
  • Take turns with your child to lift up two cups at a time.
  • If the number of counters under both cups is the same then you win those counters and remove the cups.
  • When there is only one cup remaining, ask your child to guess how many counter remain under that cup. If they guess correctly they win the counters. If not, you win the counters.
  • The winner is the person with the most counters.

Questions to ask your child:

  1. How many counters did you win? I won _____ counters.
  2. Who won more counters?
  3. Who won fewer counters?
  4. What was the difference?
  5. How many counters altogether?

Too difficult?
Put one counter under 4 cups and 2 counters under 5 cups.

Too easy?
Don't remove the cups when the counters have been one?