Key Stage 1 Numeracy Homework
Reception/Year 1 Multiplication
"Running Home"

What will this game will achieve?
This activity will help your child count in two's

You will need:

• Choose a foot and place it at the start
• Each roll the dice, the highest score goes first
• Take it in turns to 'run home', two steps at a time, for example if 4 is thrown, then find the card that says:
     2 steps 4 times is 8
  Record the score
  
• The first player to score 20 (or more) is safely home and the winner
  

Questions to ask:

Which numbers do we never land on?
Can we find a pattern?

 

Extension

Try counting paving slabs in two's on the way to school, the shops or even on the patio