Let’s Learn Maths
Build it. See it. Understand it. Then write it.
Let’s Learn Maths helps children build mathematical understanding before rushing to written procedures.
The resources combine hands-on materials, clear visuals, guided activities and practical parent support so you know what to use, what to ask, what to notice and what to try next.
Subtraction Toolkit
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Subtraction is much more than “taking away”.
The Let’s Learn Maths™ Subtraction Toolkit helps children build, see, and understand subtraction before they rely on written methods.
Using practical materials, visual models and simple parent prompts, children explore what subtraction means, discover different ways to solve problems and gradually develop flexible mathematical thinking.
Build it. See it. Understand it. Then write it.
What’s included
49 printable pages of teaching support, visual maths tools and reusable activities, including:
understanding subtraction as take away, finding a missing part and finding the difference
Build & Take Away and Missing Part mats
count-back strategies and number-line support
subtraction from 5 and 10
number bonds and the connection between addition and subtraction
Think Addition
counting up to find the difference
using and bridging through 10
breaking numbers apart
tens-and-ones place-value subtraction
renaming 1 ten as 10 ones
choosing efficient subtraction strategies
everyday subtraction problems
printable five-frames, ten-frames, number lines, ones and tens pieces
five practical activity sequences plus worked Subtraction Detective cards for reasoning and error analysis.
Who is it for?
Designed especially for parents and home-educating families who want to support maths without needing to be maths teachers.
It is particularly useful for children who benefit from hands-on, visual and step-by-step learning, or who can calculate an answer but need a stronger understanding of why a subtraction strategy works.
Number Sense Starter Kit
FREE
Short introduction to hands-on number learning at home.
Includes:
number cards
counters
five and ten frames
subitising activities
simple number games
Number Sense Visual Toolkit
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A more complete collection of reusable number resources, guided activities and parent support.
Includes:
five and ten frames
reusable counters
numbers to 20
subitising cards
Make the Number mats
Part-Part-Whole
comparing numbers
number lines
eight activity cards
“If They’re Stuck” guidance
What to Notice support
Place Value Toolkit
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Help your child understand how numbers are built, not simply identify the tens and ones.
This 36-page printable toolkit uses hands-on materials, visual models, reusable mats and practical activities to help children see how numbers can be grouped, partitioned, renamed, compared and represented in different ways.
Children explore:
grouping 10 ones to make 1 ten
building two-digit numbers
understanding the value of each digit
tens and ones
partitioning numbers
expanded form
renaming numbers in different ways
comparing and ordering numbers
locating numbers on number lines
using place value to reason
The toolkit also includes printable ones and tens pieces, reusable maths mats, activity cards, parent prompts and support ideas.
No teaching experience is required.
Addition Toolkit
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Addition is about much more than learning number facts.
Children need opportunities to build quantities, see relationships between numbers, explain their thinking and discover why addition strategies work.
The Let’s Learn Maths™ Addition Toolkit has been created for learning and support at home. It guides families from the meaning of addition through to flexible strategy use, using concrete materials, visual representations and short, practical activities.
Children explore addition through:
combining quantities and understanding parts and wholes
moving from counting all to counting on
making 5 and 10
building number bonds
using doubles and near doubles
turning additions around
breaking numbers into useful parts
using tens and ones to add larger numbers
understanding regrouping as 10 ones becoming 1 ten
comparing and choosing different addition strategies
applying addition to everyday mathematical problems
The toolkit deliberately moves from concrete → visual → conceptual → written mathematics, following the Let’s Learn Maths™ approach:
The goal is not speed or memorising one method. It is helping children develop mathematical relationships they can use flexibly again and again.
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Real World Maths Probelms
Division
Measurement