Maths · Foundation – Level 6

Maths that starts with counters, not with tears.

Every strand of the Australian Curriculum for primary school, taught the way children actually learn: see it, picture it, then write it as numbers. Ziado adapts each round to your child's real skills.

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A Ziado maths round: ten-frames showing 8 plus 5, an equation, a number keypad and Numi cheering

What's covered

All six strands, Foundation to Level 6.

Built on Australian Curriculum F–10 Mathematics v2.0. Each strand is a world in your child's galaxy.

Number

Counting & subitising, tens and ones, adding & subtracting within 20, multiplication facts, fractions and decimals.

Algebra

Patterns, skip counting, missing-number puzzles, and the early rules that make maths make sense.

Measurement

Length, mass, capacity, time and money - from comparing directly to using formal units.

Space

Shapes, symmetry, position and movement, maps and coordinates - the Shapes & Space world.

Statistics

Collecting, sorting and reading data - picture graphs, column graphs, and asking good questions of them.

Probability

Likely, unlikely, certain, impossible - then describing and comparing chance with numbers.

How it teaches

See it. Picture it. Then write it.

Ziado follows the Concrete → Representational → Abstract approach used in effective classrooms.

1 · Concrete

Counters & ten-frames

Ideas begin as things you can count and move - dots in a ten-frame, groups of counters.

2 · Representational

Number lines & arrays

The same idea becomes a picture - hops on a number line, rows in an array, parts of a whole.

8+5

3 · Abstract

Equations

Only once the idea is solid does it become bare symbols - and by then, symbols feel easy.

Where would your child start in maths?

Take the free adaptive check - about 10 minutes, no account needed.

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Worried about a specific hurdle? Our parent guides cover falling behind, times tables and maths anxiety. Comparing apps? Start with our guide to maths learning apps in Australia, or see Mathletics alternatives and Mathseeds alternatives.

Parent guides

Browse all maths parent guides, or see what your child should know in maths: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5. Also see Ziado Reading.