Key Stage 1 Numeracy Homework
Year 2 Addition
"Spider Race"


What will this game will achieve?

This activity will help your child with addition of two numbers.  It will also help them recognise that addition can be done in any order.


You will need:



How do you play?
  • Let the youngest person go first
  • The first player rolls the both dice and adds up the total
  • The player then finds that number on the spider's web and places his/her spider on that number
  • Player 2 does the same
  • When its player 1's turn again the two dice are thrown and this total is added to the number that their spider is on/ They then move to this number on the web
    e.g.
  • The first spider to reach 30 or more is the winner

    Download a copy of the web board

    Keywords

add
plus
more than
total
altogether
sum of


Questions to ask:
What is the total of those two numbers?
What is the sum of __ and __?
How did you add those together?
What score do you need to reach 30?