1. What does mental agility mean to you?

2. …the ability to carry out multi-step mental questions accurately, either without writing anything down or without a calculator. Mental Agility is.. SSLN Professional Learning Resource Numeracy and Mathematics Skills

3. Going beyond just a recall of facts. Encouraging learners to bridge the gap from their preferred strategy to the most efficient strategy. Using games and activities to promote mental agility. Developing Mental Agility

4. A ten frame is a simple graphic tool that allows people to “see” numbers. Ten Frames

5. A hundred square helps the children visualise 100. Hundred Squares

10. 34 + 22

11. 30 + 20 = 50 4 + 2 = 6 50 + 6 = 56 34 + 22

12. 34 54 56 +20 +2 34 + 22

13. 34 + 29

14. 30 + 20 = 50 4 + 9 = 13 50 + 13 = 34 + 29

15. 34 54 63 +20 +9 34 + 29

16. 34 54 60 63 +20 +6 34 + 29 +3

17. 34 54 63 64 +20 +10 34 + 29

18. Resources & strategies you can use

19. Strategies Learning can happen anywhere! Everyday routines can offer many opportunities and experiences to practice & apply numeracy skills More likely to happen in real and meaningful ways

20. www.educationscotland.gov.uk/parentzone/

25. Set Challenges: Online Shopping!

27. Children’s Ideas - Time Use TV Guide Look at cinema listings Check bus and train timetables Time themselves doing homework, getting ready, walking the dog etc. Count how many spelling words they can write in a minute

28. Websites Woodlands Junior http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/ Cool Math Games http://www.coolmath-games.com/ Math Playground http://www.mathplayground.com/ Top Marks http://www.topmarks.co.uk/

29. NRICH http://nrich.maths.org/ STEM links Easily accessible Variety of activities Applying knowledge

30. NRICH

31. Sumdog Children from P.2-7 have access to an account Can be accessed via website / app Games are linked to ‘skills’ and set to child ability Skills can be set by Sumdog, children or through teacher set activities Teacher receives information report on set challenges

32. Sumdog

33. Sumdog Teacher Report