The School Friendly Playing Cards are numbered 0 – 13 and come in 4 colours to represent suits: green squares, yellow rectangles, blue circles, and brown triangles. People of all ages enjoy playing cards, however younger children can become confused by the extraneous information on a standard playing card (suits, numbers, etc). These cards provide a simplistic form of ordering and pattern recognition that can help younger children further develop mathematics skills.

Additional resources

This kit includes maths games with school playing cards book 1, 2 and 3 to provide children with activities that stimulate mathematical learning.

Easy to use

One aspect of cards that often confuses young children is that on a 7 of diamonds there are 9 diamonds. Look closely and you will see that there are 7 diamonds under each seven.

The School Friendly Playing Cards can be used to play a range of traditional card games, or children can come up with their own maths games. With 12 packs of cards, there are enough to play in pairs or groups around the class, or to combine the packs and play a class game. The maths games with school playing cards books 1, 2, and 3 will ensure your classroom has a variety of activities to complete.

In full, this product contains:

• 16x School Friendly Playing Cards pack
• 1x School Friendly Playing Cards jumbo pack
• 1x Maths Games with School Playing Cards Book 1 by Dr Paul Swan
• 1x Maths Games with School Playing Cards Book 2 by Dr Paul Swan
• 1x Maths Games with School Playing Cards Book 3 by Dr Paul Swan
• 1x A4 storage box