A collection of excerpts from Schemes of Work for Mathematics I wrote for for children with severe learning difficulties. These are aimed at children working roughly within the P Levels P4-P8 range. The SoW aim to provide key learning objectives and starting points for teaching activities for some of the strands in the Mathematics Framework. They may also be suitable for children in the Foundation Stage - although as they were designed specifically for children with severe learning difficulties you may find some of the activities too structured and not play-based or exploratory enough...

These PowerPoint presentations are designed to introduce the concepts and vocabulary of halving even numbers to 10 by either splitting or sharing the set. The splitting PP also looks at what happens when you try to split an odd number. The doubling PP covers doubling numbers up to 10 by combining two identical sets to find a total. Thanks to Silver Lining Multimedia for permission to use their images which remain copyright.

This resource provides a range of activities to develop fine motor skills, designed with learners with severe learning difficulties in mind. It is by no means exhaustive, but covers a range of activities to develop discrimination of left and right, hand-eye coordination, crossing the mid-line, in-hand strength, finger and in-hand manipulations, finger isolation skills, grasps, releases, pencil control skills, early drawing skills and early letter formation skills.

A selection of themed songs to support the development of mathematical concepts and vocabulary. These have been collated from a variety of sources and should be used selectively! These were developed for use with children with severe learning difficulties as i have found that the use of a catchy tune really can help some of these words and ideas to be remembered.

These presentations were designed for use with children with severe learning difficulties with the aim of squeezing every last bit of mathematical juice out of these popular counting songs. There is therefore a heavy emphasis on visual and audio cues, repeated opportunities for counting, numeral recognition, one-to-one correspondence and mathematical vocabulary. Please read the notes to accompany the songs to get the most from them.

PowerPoint presentations that provide a range of strategies for subtracting from numbers up to 10 with strong visual and audio cues. Each presentation has a different focus, such as using a number line or taking a set away. Designed for children with Severe Learning Difficulties to introduce and rehearse counting and subtraction skills. Thanks to Silver Lining Multimedia for permission to use their images which remain copyright.

PowerPoint presentations that provide a range of strategies for adding numbers up to 10 with strong visual and audio cues. Designed for children with SLD to introduce and rehearse counting and addition skills. Thanks to Silver Lining Multimedia for permission to use their images which remain copyright.

PowerPoint presentation on the rationale behind our decision to ensure all children contribute to their Annual Review through a the use of video, embedded in a multimedia presentation. Also covers the strategies we used to introduce it. More about it here: http://www.switchitmaker2.com/reviews/reviewscoming.htm#willow Although we used Switch It Maker 2 for our presentations, you could use any presentation software: PowerPoint, Windows Movie Maker, iMovie, Prezzi, etc.