About Maths Investigations

Children are naturally inquisitive and love exploring and discovering things.

Many children have difficulty with maths because they have failed at some point in their learning journey to understand WHY maths works and instead see maths as a mysterious set of rules which have to be learned.

Written by a Primary School maths specialist of 25 years teaching experience, Maths Investigations is a steadily growing bank of resources designed to develop children's thinking and guide them in discovering Maths for themselves.

The resources have been developed over a (large!) number of years working with children both in private tuition and in the primary school classroom and are based on the principle that talking and thinking with children about Maths, playing with ideas, and exploring Maths topics together through problem solving and investigation, leads to the deepest understanding of how Maths works. 

Investigating

Overview

Photocopiable Investigations

Photocopiable Games

 

Online Activities

Investigations

Quizzes

Pair Games

Skill Checks

Pattern Builders

 

About the Site

Investigating

Talking about Thinking

Linking Ideas

Becoming Secure