Our pick of the best maths toys

Ice Cubed 

Correctly position up to five colour-coded ice cubes in a tower so the numbers on the outer faces add up to those on the footer card. Contains 48 progressively harder challenges. 1 or more players.

Times Tables Snap

Snap encourages a quick response in a fun and exciting way, encourages memory recall and matching skills. These packs do not match the same image, children will have to think a bit harder, as they will have to match the equivalent and not identically.

Peppa Pig Tell the Time Puzzle 

Piece together Peppa Pig's day as she starts with breakfast at 8 and then off to school at 9 with lunch at 1, she has a very busy schedule! Compare your day with Peppa Pig's as she takes you through her daily schedule, the moveable clock hands let you interact with the puzzle as you complete it.

Djeco Eduludo Additions

Place 2 ducks in the pond and add 4 frogs. How many animals can you count? Turn the card over to check the answer. A very simple, first mathematical game for learning additions. Great for number recognition and counting skills too.

Trilemma

Become the master of maths of this great numbers game where players choose their individual level to answer questions on times tables, square numbers, greater and less than numbers, factors and multiples. Not only can players choose their level, the cards are self correcting so that adults can let children get on with the game. The aim of Trilemma is to correctly place three counters in a row on the board, but where you place your counter must correspond to the answer of the question asked.

Orchard Toys Pop to the Shops 

Go shopping with pretend money in this fun game for 2 - 4 players. Have you got the correct change? Links with National Curriculum Maths.

Brainbox Maths

Do you know times tables from your square roots? BrainBox Maths is crammed full of concepts taught in Key Stage 2 in England and Wales. Developed by a Primary School Teacher with 30 years experience, it strikes a great balance between learning and fun.

Orchard Toys Tell The Time Game 

Children will learn about analogue and digital time telling in this lotto game. Cards show everyday activities - such as having breakfast and brushing your teeth - in analogue and digital times, which children are encouraged to say aloud whilst matching to the pictures on their board. There are four boards for players to choose from, each with a different set of daily activities.

For more advanced players, the game can be played by matching digital times to the times on the clock faces on the other side of their board, encouraging recognition of both digital and analogue times.