The Tentown Adventure – A Story about Learning Ten Times Tables (The Numberland Tales - Help with Times Tables and Multiplication for Children Book 3)

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He went from not liking numbers to deciding he wanted to read all the door numbers on our street and getting them all right. King One is in charge of Ten Town, and all the other characters either face towards King One or away from him.

These are often only a starting point for practitioners, who adapt the ideas for their own settings or come up with completely new ones. We have been expanding our 0 to 10 resources in light of the new Development Matters document and the revised EYFS framework. Finally, when they have completed all the numbers on the map, their animal avatar is rewarded with a hat of their choice! Everything about a Ten Town character relates to their number, so Fiona Five, a Paralympic athlete, eats five portions of fruit and vegetables every day, and Sir Seven, a knight, looks after seven horses.It is a great and fun resource to use with the children which helps them recognise numbers to 20 and to form them accurately. The characters also develop an understanding of number value as well as offering many cross curricular learning opportunities. For example, Thelma Three can be used to explore personal, social and emotional development, Freddie Four can help develop an understanding of the world, while Fiona Five can form part of physical development activities.

Not only do the characters help to develop an understanding of the value of each number, there are also hundreds of ideas for practical activities to help the children apply this knowledge in short, playful sessions. Then take a tour around Ten Town TV studios to find out about numbers to 20 and see how each episode links to a different maths topic.One of the most enjoyable parts of my work is seeing the ingenious ways practitioners have applied Ten Town in their own settings. King One is in charge of Ten Town, and all the other characters have a reason why they face or away from him. Children learn a new concept faster if it appeals to their imagination and creates a picture in their minds. Ten Town offers an exciting range of online content along with the opportunity to apply the knowledge in practical activities that encourage learning through play.

The best way for children to consolidate their learning is by applying their mathematical knowledge in practical situations. When a character’s story is combined with their rhyme, this helps improve number formation and reduces number reversal. The main focus is on children developing a deeper understanding of the numbers to 10, so we have already added new subitising and number bond activities – with more activities to follow. One of the reasons it has really worked in our school is that Ten Town isn’t just about learning number formation and early counting, it has also developed the children’s understanding of number value and how to apply their knowledge in practical situations.From small beginnings, when it consisted of just of a few printed materials, packed on my kitchen table, Ten Town is now a multimedia resources that has been used in over 3000 schools and nurseries in the UK and across the world. Numbers are really just abstract shapes, and this can often lead to number reversal — writing numbers back to front. With my pupils’ help, I created the world of Ten Town, with each character having a story that helps children remember how the number is formed as well as understanding its value. There were children that we weren’t expecting to achieve the Early Learning Goal for Maths and they did, and that was definitely through Ten Town. For example, Freddie Four, the explorer, faces away from King One when he goes on adventures to new places.