Offline maths games and activities

Below are some fun ways to practice MATHS skills offline throughout the day, through active games and challenges! :)

• Card games are a great way to practice maths skills. Instructions for a variety of card games can be found here: https://irishprimaryteacher.ie/maths-games-using-playing-cards/

• Baking

• Go on an indoor or outdoor scavenger hunt: find the length/weight/area/capacity of a variety of given objects. Look for 2D and 3D shapes. Look for patterns and tessellations, or create your own! Draw and label what you find, or order objects by size/length/etc. 

• Turn a ball game (bowling/target board/etc) into a maths challenge- give each target or skittle a different value or a sum to complete: add up your score)

• Time yourself on a challenge or run

• Play dice games (lots of lovely examples on twinkl- search 'maths dice games') or use dice to create your own sums and worksheets (for example, roll two dice to make a two digit number, the roll one again to make another number and add/subtract/multiply/divide)

• Play board games like monopoly, draughts, chess (instructions for chess can be found here: https://www.chesskid.com/how-to-play-chess

• Create your own board game, including maths challenge cards or sums on the board. Board game template can be found here, or create your own :)

• Create a shop at home- earn money for completing tasks (1/2/5c), and buy treats or colouring sheets :)