A selection of games published by BEAM for teachers of early years mathematics. The games enable students to develop their skills of number recognition, counting, comparison and writing of numbers.

The games, with their mathematical content, are:

*Reading numbers game - matching numbers in words to...

Published by BEAM, this game for students in Key Stage One helps develop their recognition of number and their counting skills.

*Dots and dots - a simple game for two players requiring students to take turns to recognise patterns of dots on a dice as quickly as possible. The player who gets the most correct...

Aimed at EYFS this resource contains two decorative number lines which help illustrate counting in twos and fives. Counting in 2’s illustrates the gap between the numbers using pairs of socks whilst Counting in 5’s illustrates the gap between the numbers using handprints. The sheets need to be printed out and...

Published in 2015.  A new iPad app designed to bring mathematics into children’s homes through story time has led to improvements in achievement, according to new research published in Science. The results were particularly significant for children whose parents were anxious about the subject. In Chicago, 587...

Published by BEAM, this collection provides a selection of resources for teachers of primary mathematics. Included are a number of challenging problems and puzzles, open-ended investigations, cross-curricular activities and resources to practise and consolidate students' mathematical understanding of counting,...

From the Nuffield Foundation, this resource allows children to practise their cutting, folding and sticking skills. It contains a printable pdf file of a flattened cube with plan and elevation views of a cardboard cow. Children cut and stick this to produce a three-dimensional, stand-up model of a cow.

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This activity has a colourful and engaging reading page, followed by targeted questions which cover a broad range of reading skills, along with some linked grammar questions, such as questions, statements and commands. Each activity is also differentiated to both higher and lower abilities, with two sets for each...

This resource pack contains twelve 'hands on’ activities linked to different aspects of the science of materials and states of matter. Aimed at learners of all ages, they would be particularly suitable for use at primary level to demonstrate key ideas and concepts and to spark an interest in chemistry. Containing...

Produced in 1987, this document written by the Department for Education and Science and HM Inspectorate was intended to stimulate a professional debate and to contribute to reaching national agreement about the objectives and content of the school craft, design and technology curriculum of the time.

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This report, published in 1980 by the Association of Advisers in Design and Technical Studies, describes and justifies the area of the curriculum then known as craft, design and technology. It states the importance of the skills that it teaches - allowing individuals to interact rationally and positively with the...

This workshop investigates how images are stored as data, and shows the difference that ‘bit depth’ makes to the quality of images and number of colours. It begins by looking at paintings and how, using only paint, images were difficult to edit – however digital images are much easier. Pupils with access to photo...

Create your own flowering plant collage using selected materials. Once created label the different parts and discuss their role in a plant. Further ideas can be found in the full resource Parts...

In this activity from the IET pupils learn about density and materials, whilst creating their own lava-lamps with water, sunflower oil, bicarbonate of soda and food colouring. They also learn how to create oil-and-water prints and mix olive oil and balsamic vinegar together to make a dipping sauce for bread. 

In this activity, aimed at primary-aged pupils, children will design and create an A4 sized collage portrait of King Charles III to celebrate the coronation, using recycled materials. Portraits might also include objects such as his crown, throne or sceptre and/or a background to represent London, the United...

In this activity, primary pupils make use of the theme of the King’s coronation to design a stone garden in the style of a flag or other item to commemorate the event. They will consider the design brief for the criteria, use a template to produce a design on paper, consider the scale for the final display and...