Addition and Subtraction Lesson 1: Bar Models and Number Fact Families

Addition and subtraction make much more sense when children can see how numbers fit together. In this lesson, Marie from This Child Can explains how to use bar models and number fact families to help children understand the link between addition and subtraction. This video is for parents, tutors and teachers who want a calm, practical way to support children with early maths, especially in KS1, Key Stage 1, Year 1, Year 2, Kindergarten, Grade 1 or Grade 2. You’ll learn how to explain: • how parts and wholes fit together • what a bar model shows • how addition joins the parts • how subtraction starts with the whole • how one model can create a whole number fact family • what the equals sign really means If this helped, please like the video, subscribe to This Child Can, and tell us: have you ever had to secretly Google your child’s homework? #ThisChildCan #PrimaryMaths #MathsHelp