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Teaching guides

Short, practical guides for parents and teachers on how to teach the core primary skills, grouped by subject, each with free printable worksheets to practise.

Maths

The core primary number, measurement and data skills, in teaching order.

Number sense & place value

How numbers work before any calculating: counting, place value and comparing.

How to teach countingPre-K to Grade 1 How to teach the number lineKindergarten to Grade 3 How to teach place valueGrade 1 to Grade 5 How to teach expanded formGrade 2 to Grade 5 How to teach comparing and ordering numbersKindergarten to Grade 4 How to teach roundingGrade 2 to Grade 5 How to teach Roman numeralsGrade 3 to Grade 6 How to teach negative numbersGrade 5 to Grade 6

The four operations

Adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing, from number bonds to long division.

How to teach number bondsKindergarten to Grade 2 How to teach skip countingKindergarten to Grade 3 How to teach additionPre-K to Grade 4 How to teach subtractionKindergarten to Grade 4 How to teach multiplicationGrade 2 to Grade 5 How to teach the times tablesGrade 2 to Grade 5 How to teach divisionGrade 2 to Grade 6 How to teach long divisionGrade 4 to Grade 6 How to teach mixed operationsGrade 1 to Grade 6 How to teach fact familiesGrade 2 to Grade 4 How to teach word problemsGrade 1 to Grade 6

Factors, primes & powers

Breaking numbers apart: factors, multiples, primes and square numbers.

How to teach factors and multiplesGrade 4 to Grade 6 How to teach prime and composite numbersGrade 4 to Grade 6 How to teach greatest common factor and lowest common multipleGrade 4 to Grade 6 How to teach square numbersGrade 4 to Grade 6

Fractions & decimals

Parts of a whole, from shaded shapes to decimal place value.

How to teach visual fractionsGrade 1 to Grade 4 How to teach fractionsGrade 1 to Grade 6 How to teach decimalsGrade 4 to Grade 6

Patterns & algebra

Spotting rules and finding an unknown, the seeds of algebra.

How to teach patternsKindergarten to Grade 4 How to teach algebraGrade 4 to Grade 6 How to teach order of operationsGrade 5 to Grade 6

Measurement, geometry, time & money

Measuring and shape, plus reading the clock, calendar and coins.

How to teach comparing and measuring lengthPre-K to Grade 1 How to teach converting units of lengthGrade 2 to Grade 6 How to teach metric measurement and unit conversionGrade 2 to Grade 5 How to teach perimeter and areaGrade 3 to Grade 6 How to teach geometryGrade 2 to Grade 6 How to teach coordinatesGrade 4 to Grade 6 How to teach measures of turnGrade 1 to Grade 3 How to teach position and mapsKindergarten to Grade 4 How to teach telling timeKindergarten to Grade 3 How to teach elapsed timeGrade 2 to Grade 5 How to teach 12 and 24 hour timeGrade 5 to Grade 6 How to teach the calendar and datesGrade 1 to Grade 3 How to teach money and making changeGrade 1 to Grade 5 How to teach counting coinsGrade 1 to Grade 4

Data & statistics

Sorting, graphing and averaging data, then reading it critically.

How to teach sorting and counting dataPre-K to Grade 1 How to teach bar graphsGrade 1 to Grade 4 How to teach pictographsGrade 1 to Grade 4 How to teach line graphsGrade 4 to Grade 6 How to teach reading data from tables and graphsGrade 2 to Grade 4 How to teach mean, median and modeGrade 4 to Grade 6 How to teach probabilityGrade 3 to Grade 6 How to teach statistical investigationsGrade 5 to Grade 6 How to teach critiquing data in the mediaYear 5 to Year 6

Science

Primary science topics explained simply, with a labelled diagram where it helps.

How to teach the water cycleGrade 2 to Grade 5 How to teach the frog life cycleGrade 1 to Grade 4 How to teach the solar systemGrade 1 to Grade 5

Geography

Placing the world on a map, from continents to the fifty states.

How to teach the continents and oceansGrade 1 to Grade 5 How to teach the US states and capitalsGrade 3 to Grade 6 How to teach the countries of EuropeGrade 3 to Grade 6 How to teach the Canadian provinces and territoriesGrade 3 to Grade 6 How to teach the countries of South AmericaGrade 3 to Grade 6 How to teach the countries of AsiaGrade 3 to Grade 6 How to teach the countries of AfricaGrade 3 to Grade 6 How to teach the countries of West Asia and the Middle EastGrade 3 to Grade 6 How to teach the countries, cities and counties of the United KingdomGrade 2 to Grade 6

Reading & writing

Early literacy skills that support the worksheets.

How to teach sight wordsPre-K to Grade 3 How to teach short and long vowel sortingKindergarten to Grade 2 How to teach alphabetical orderKindergarten to Grade 3 How to use decodable readersKindergarten to Grade 2 How to teach reading fluencyGrade 1 to Grade 6

Vocabulary

Growing word knowledge: synonyms, antonyms, homophones and working out meaning from context.

How to teach synonymsGrade 1 to Grade 5 How to teach antonymsGrade 1 to Grade 4 How to teach homophonesGrade 2 to Grade 5 How to teach context cluesGrade 2 to Grade 5

Grammar

The nuts and bolts of correct sentences, starting with verb tenses.

How to teach verb tensesGrade 2 to Grade 5

Thinking & reasoning

Logic and reasoning puzzles that sharpen how children classify, compare and infer.

How to teach sorting and classifyingKindergarten to Grade 4 How to teach sequencingKindergarten to Grade 4 How to teach odd-one-out puzzlesGrade 1 to Grade 6 How to teach number patternsGrade 2 to Grade 6 How to teach analogiesGrade 2 to Grade 6 How to teach fact and opinionGrade 3 to Grade 6 How to use mazes in the classroomPre-K to Grade 3