Subtraction is much more than “taking away”.
The Let’s Learn Maths™ Subtraction Toolkit helps children build, see and understand subtraction before relying on written methods.
Using practical materials, visual models and simple parent prompts, children explore what subtraction means, discover different ways to solve problems and gradually develop flexible mathematical thinking.
Build it. See it. Understand it. Then write it.
What’s included
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49 printable pages of teaching support, visual maths tools and reusable activities, including:
- understanding subtraction as take away, finding a missing part and finding the difference
- Build & Take Away and Missing Part mats
- count-back strategies and number-line support
- subtraction from 5 and 10
- number bonds and the connection between addition and subtraction
- Think Addition
- counting up to find the difference
- using and bridging through 10
- breaking numbers apart
- tens-and-ones place-value subtraction
- renaming 1 ten as 10 ones
- choosing efficient subtraction strategies
- everyday subtraction problems
- printable five-frames, ten-frames, number lines, ones and tens pieces
- five practical activity sequences plus worked Subtraction Detective cards for reasoning and error analysis.
