Maths Made Easy: Friends of 10Help your child fall in love with maths
A playful, confidence-building maths school for young children that turns the "friends of ten" concept into a superpower — making addition, subtraction, and number sense click for good.
"When a child truly owns the friends of ten, you can see the moment maths stops being hard and starts being fun — and that moment is available to every child."— Nisky
What you'll learn
What you'll be able to do
- Teach your child all ten 'friends of ten' number bonds until they recall them instantly and automatically
- Use simple household objects and free printables to make abstract number concepts concrete and tangible
- Build your child's confidence so they approach maths problems with curiosity instead of anxiety
- Apply bridging-through-ten strategies to solve early addition and subtraction mentally, without counting on fingers
- Deliver short, engaging 5–10 minute maths sessions that hold a young child's attention and end on a win
- Spot and address common number misconceptions early, before they become stubborn habits
How it works
A school that adapts to you
This isn't a set of static videos. Every lesson is generated live and tuned to where you actually are.
We learn your level
A quick placement check tailors your starting point so you're never bored or lost.
Lessons adapt as you go
Each lesson is written for your pace and your goal, adjusting as your skills grow.
Your AI coach keeps you moving
Checkpoints, feedback, and gentle nudges turn progress into a real result.
The curriculum
What's inside your school
6 modules · 16 lessons
Building the Foundation: Number Sense and Confidence First
Before any number bonds are introduced, children and their adults need a shared language, a positive mindset, and a concrete feel for numbers up to ten. This module lays the emotional and mathematical groundwork so that every session that follows starts from a place of curiosity, not pressure.
- 1.1How to Run a 5–10 Minute Maths Session That Kids Actually LoveIncluded
- 1.2Subitising: Seeing Numbers Without CountingIncluded
- 1.3The Number Path to Ten: Meeting All the NumbersIncluded
Introducing the Friends of Ten
This is the heart of the course. Children are introduced to the ten number bond pairs (0+10, 1+9, 2+8, 3+7, 4+6, 5+5) through story, colour, and hands-on discovery — so the concept lands as exciting and memorable, not as a list to memorise.
- 2.1What Are the Friends of Ten? A Story-First IntroductionIncluded
- 2.2Hands-On Discovery: Making Ten Every WayIncluded
- 2.3From Concrete to Picture: Drawing the FriendsIncluded
Locking It In: Fluency and Instant Recall
Knowing the friends of ten and recalling them instantly are two different things. This module uses retrieval practice, games, and daily micro-routines to take children from 'I can work it out' to 'I just know it' — the hallmark of true number fluency.
- 3.1Retrieval Games That Build Automatic RecallIncluded
- 3.2Everyday Moments That Reinforce the FactsIncluded
Addition and Subtraction: Using the Friends as a Superpower
Now that the number bonds are becoming automatic, children learn to use them as a tool. This module shows adults how to guide children to use friends-of-ten knowledge to solve real addition and subtraction problems — without counting on fingers.
- 4.1Adding to Ten: Using Known Facts to Find Unknown OnesIncluded
- 4.2Subtraction from Ten: The Flip Side of Every BondIncluded
- 4.3Bridging Through Ten: The Mental Maths SuperpowerIncluded
Spotting and Fixing Common Misconceptions
Even well-taught children develop small but stubborn misunderstandings about number. This module equips adults to notice the most common early maths misconceptions — before they calcify — and respond with targeted, confidence-preserving activities.
- 5.1The Five Most Common Number Misconceptions in Ages 4–8Included
- 5.2When a Child Gets Stuck: Responding Without Creating AnxietyIncluded
Keeping It Going: Routines, Progress, and What Comes Next
A great course only creates lasting change if the learning continues beyond it. This final module helps adults design a sustainable weekly maths rhythm, celebrate genuine progress, and know exactly what to build toward next — so the confidence and fluency keep growing.
- 6.1Designing Your Weekly Maths RhythmIncluded
- 6.2Celebrating Fluency: How to See and Show Real ProgressIncluded
- 6.3What Comes Next: Growing Beyond TenIncluded
Who it's for
Is this you?
Worried Parents
Their child is starting school and they want to give them the strongest possible number foundations before the pressure begins.
Home Educators
They're building their own maths curriculum from scratch and need a structured, play-based module that actually works at home.
Reception Teachers
They want fresh, ready-to-use games and activities to bring number bonds to life in the early-years classroom.
Grandparent Helpers
They look after grandchildren regularly and want fun, meaningful ways to support their maths learning during visits.
Anxious Returners
Parents who struggled with maths themselves and are determined their child won't inherit the same fear and self-doubt.
After-School Tutors
They work with young children one-to-one and need a clear, engaging framework for building early number fluency fast.
Questions
Frequently asked
Your teacher
A note from your teacher
Nisky
I know what it feels like to sit beside a child who is frustrated, fidgety, and quietly starting to believe that maths just "isn't for them." Maybe you've been there too — at the kitchen table after school, trying to explain why 7 + 3 equals 10 for what feels like the hundredth time, wondering if you're doing something wrong.
You're not doing anything wrong. The missing piece is almost always the same: children need to feel numbers before they can think with them. And that's exactly what this school is built to give them.
I created Friends of Ten because I believe the friends of ten number bonds are the single highest-leverage thing you can teach a young child in early maths. When those ten pairs click into place — really click, not just rehearsed and forgotten — everything else in primary mathematics becomes so much more accessible. Bridging, subtraction, mental calculation, place value. It all flows from this one foundation.
What I've poured into this school is a carefully sequenced, play-first pathway that respects how young children actually learn. Not worksheets for the sake of worksheets. Not drill until they're bored. But games, movement, stories, rhymes, and tiny challenges that feel like fun and are learning at the same time.
You don't need a teaching qualification. You don't need a box full of expensive equipment. You just need fifteen minutes, a willing child, and the simple, clear guidance I'll give you every step of the way.
Come and join us. Your child's "I can do maths!" moment is closer than you think.
— Nisky
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