Creative Activities in Mathematics Book 1 provides twelve different class activities suitable for students in lower and middle primary school (Foundation to Year 4), along with teaching notes and staged lesson plans.
Derek Holton is a mathematician and an Honorary Professor at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education.
Cath Pearn is a Senior Research Fellow in the ACER Institute and a lecturer in Mathematics Education at the University of Melbourne.
Download a full set of activity sheets that provide a framework for student responses. These can be printed or copied for use in class.
Part 1: Number and Algebra
Chapter 1: Numbers and words
Chapter 2: Cats and dogs
Chapter 3: Difference and sum problems
Chapter 4: Arks and Tarks
Chapter 5: The farmyard problem
Chapter 6: The 12 game
Part 2: Measurement and Geometry
Chapter 7: Classroom shapes
Chapter 8: Jenny's jelly bean problem
Chapter 9: Horrible Hal’s humungous hall
Part 3: Statistics and Probability
Chapter 10: The longest name
Chapter 11: Penny’s Pet Shop
Chapter 12: The teddies’ race
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