Activities with Your Jump Start Maths Kit
Fun activities for ages 2–5 using your Jump Start Maths Kit.
Welcome to our Jump Start Maths Activities Hub, your go-to place for simple, fun, and practical ways to explore maths with your child at home. These activities are designed for children aged 3–7 and use the resources from your Jump Start Maths Kit. From counting and sorting games to number bonds and comparing quantities, each idea helps your child build early maths confidence through hands-on play. New activities are added regularly, so keep checking back for fresh inspiration!
Double Sided Counters
Call out numbers and race to show them on the ten frame! A quick, playful maths game that builds fluency, number confidence, and listening skills.
Match numbers to ten frame patterns in this fun maths bingo game. A playful way to build number recognition and early counting skills.
Show and cover a ten frame, can your child remember what they saw? A quick, visual memory game that builds subitising and number confidence.
Use two ten frames to explore teen numbers as “10 and some more.” A visual maths activity that builds early place value understanding.
Use a ten frame to explore doubles up to 10. A fun and visual maths activity that helps children understand doubling and early multiplication.
Use a ten frame and counters to explore odd and even numbers. A hands-on maths activity that helps children spot patterns and build number sense.
Use a ten frame and colourful counters to make and copy patterns. A playful maths activity that builds sequencing, memory, and early multiplication skills.
Roll the dice and race to fill your ten frame! A fun, fast-paced maths game that builds counting, addition, and turn-taking skills.
Place counters on the ten frame and ask what’s missing. A quick, visual subtraction game that helps children master number bonds to 10.
Turn over a card and race to fill the ten frame with the right number of counters. A fun matching game for practising counting and number recognition.
Use a ten frame and two colours of counters to find all the ways to make 10. A simple maths game that builds number bonds and early addition skills.
Make, copy, and extend repeating patterns with counters. A playful maths activity that develops visual memory and early problem-solving skills.
Use a ten frame and counters to show numbers and make 10. A hands-on maths activity that helps children see patterns and build number confidence.
Build towers of counters, compare taller and shorter, and match them to numbers. A hands-on maths activity that develops counting and early comparison skills.
Roll the dice and play with counters! A fun maths game where children count, copy patterns, build arrangements, and even practice early addition.
Invite your child to ‘be the teacher’ with counters and a whiteboard. A fun, open-ended way to explore counting, sorting, and number play.
Turn maths into a story with this playful addition and subtraction game. Use counters to act out little number stories, then let your child invent their own adventures.
A simple comparing game that introduces maths language like “more,” “fewer,” and “equal.” Perfect for building early problem-solving skills while children play with counters.
Explore number bonds in a playful way using counters in two colours. Children discover all the different ways to make 5 or 10 and can even record them as number sentences.
Practice counting, colour recognition, and fine motor skills with this quick sorting game. All you need is a handful of counters to create fun “colour trains” and even try early subtraction.
Ten Frame
Call out numbers and race to show them on the ten frame! A quick, playful maths game that builds fluency, number confidence, and listening skills.
Match numbers to ten frame patterns in this fun maths bingo game. A playful way to build number recognition and early counting skills.
Show and cover a ten frame, can your child remember what they saw? A quick, visual memory game that builds subitising and number confidence.
Use two ten frames to explore teen numbers as “10 and some more.” A visual maths activity that builds early place value understanding.
Use a ten frame to explore doubles up to 10. A fun and visual maths activity that helps children understand doubling and early multiplication.
Use a ten frame and counters to explore odd and even numbers. A hands-on maths activity that helps children spot patterns and build number sense.
Use a ten frame and colourful counters to make and copy patterns. A playful maths activity that builds sequencing, memory, and early multiplication skills.
Roll the dice and race to fill your ten frame! A fun, fast-paced maths game that builds counting, addition, and turn-taking skills.
Place counters on the ten frame and ask what’s missing. A quick, visual subtraction game that helps children master number bonds to 10.
Turn over a card and race to fill the ten frame with the right number of counters. A fun matching game for practising counting and number recognition.
Use a ten frame and two colours of counters to find all the ways to make 10. A simple maths game that builds number bonds and early addition skills.
Dice
Roll the dice and race to fill your ten frame! A fun, fast-paced maths game that builds counting, addition, and turn-taking skills.
Roll the dice and play with counters! A fun maths game where children count, copy patterns, build arrangements, and even practice early addition.
Number Cards 1-10
Match numbers to ten frame patterns in this fun maths bingo game. A playful way to build number recognition and early counting skills.
Turn over a card and race to fill the ten frame with the right number of counters. A fun matching game for practising counting and number recognition.
Build towers of counters, compare taller and shorter, and match them to numbers. A hands-on maths activity that develops counting and early comparison skills.
Mini Whiteboard and Pen
Use two ten frames to explore teen numbers as “10 and some more.” A visual maths activity that builds early place value understanding.
Use a ten frame to explore doubles up to 10. A fun and visual maths activity that helps children understand doubling and early multiplication.
Roll the dice and race to fill your ten frame! A fun, fast-paced maths game that builds counting, addition, and turn-taking skills.
Place counters on the ten frame and ask what’s missing. A quick, visual subtraction game that helps children master number bonds to 10.
Use a ten frame and two colours of counters to find all the ways to make 10. A simple maths game that builds number bonds and early addition skills.
Use a ten frame and counters to show numbers and make 10. A hands-on maths activity that helps children see patterns and build number confidence.
Invite your child to ‘be the teacher’ with counters and a whiteboard. A fun, open-ended way to explore counting, sorting, and number play.
Explore number bonds in a playful way using counters in two colours. Children discover all the different ways to make 5 or 10 and can even record them as number sentences.
Cubes
Call out numbers and race to show them on the ten frame! A quick, playful maths game that builds fluency, number confidence, and listening skills.
Match numbers to ten frame patterns in this fun maths bingo game. A playful way to build number recognition and early counting skills.
Show and cover a ten frame, can your child remember what they saw? A quick, visual memory game that builds subitising and number confidence.
Use two ten frames to explore teen numbers as “10 and some more.” A visual maths activity that builds early place value understanding.
Use a ten frame to explore doubles up to 10. A fun and visual maths activity that helps children understand doubling and early multiplication.
Use a ten frame and counters to explore odd and even numbers. A hands-on maths activity that helps children spot patterns and build number sense.
Use a ten frame and colourful counters to make and copy patterns. A playful maths activity that builds sequencing, memory, and early multiplication skills.
Roll the dice and race to fill your ten frame! A fun, fast-paced maths game that builds counting, addition, and turn-taking skills.
Place counters on the ten frame and ask what’s missing. A quick, visual subtraction game that helps children master number bonds to 10.
Turn over a card and race to fill the ten frame with the right number of counters. A fun matching game for practising counting and number recognition.
Use a ten frame and two colours of counters to find all the ways to make 10. A simple maths game that builds number bonds and early addition skills.

