How to Sparkle at Maths Fun is a collection of photocopiable games, practical activities and fun worksheets designed to inspire and reinforce the teaching of maths in the infant classroom. The book is written to support children working at National Curriculum Key Stage 1 and Scottish National 5-14 Guidelines, levels A and B. The book is based around the theme of jungle animals, with familiar characters leading children through their learning. It is in three sections:The book is based around the theme of jungle animals, with familiar characters leading children through their learning. It is in three sections: practical activities involving cut and stick, junk materials, modelling dough, etc.; worksheets which require coloured pencils as an extra resource; games in which the children work in pairs or groups and which require dice and counters.

How to Sparkle at Counting to 10 contains a wealth of high interest activities and games which will enable children to develop a thorough understanding of numbers to 10. The photocopiable sheets cover one-to-one matching, cardinal and ordinal numbers, patterns in counting and more/fewer than.

How to Sparkle at Beginning Multiplication and Division contains 40 stimulating activity sheets and games that will help children to develop a thorough understanding of early multiplication and division. Topics include: repeated addition; counting and grouping; multiples; sharing; repeated subtraction; and multiplication and division facts.

Pupils will learn to do fast and accurate mental calculations using these attractively laid out photocopiable sheets. the book provides a flexible but structured resource for teaching children to understand and use number bonds.

'How to Sparkle at Word Level Activities' has been designed to provide an abundance of activities to use in the 20 minutes of independent work of the literacy hour. The activities are all fun and aim to motivate children whilst reinforcing the word level work covered by the literacy hour.