Weave in a variety of math skills with this Valentine's Day data analysis activity! Kids collect data and keep track with tally marks, then count, graph and analyze the results. At my house, we call Valentine's Day, "Just Because I Love You" Day. It's a chance for me to show my kids that I love them and more importantly, that God loves them. It's not a big to-do, just a fun chance to do a simple craft (courtesy of the Target Dollar Spot, Keep Reading...
“Make 100” Math Games for 100th Day of School
Want to boost mental math skills and number sense? Grab this set of "make 100" math games and celebrate the 100th day of school! Do you celebrate the 100th day of school with your students? Although it's not a specific, recognized holiday, it does provide a chance to have some fun and acknowledge a milestone in your school year. So why not take the opportunity to celebrate? That doesn't mean you have to take a break from important math Keep Reading...
FREE Esti-Mystery Challenges for Grades K-2 | Math Geek Mama
Looking for a new and super fun math task for your students? Try an esti-mystery to combine meaningful estimation practice with number sense building! Grab this set FREE for grades K-2. My kids and I have been using a new set of math challenges that everyone LOVES! It's called an esti-mystery and typically they come from Steve Wyborney. But thanks to his course, I have learned how to create my own, especially for my kids. So today, I want to Keep Reading...
Coding Basics: What Kids Need to Start Coding
Are you interested in helping your kids learn to code? Are you overwhelmed trying to figure out what exactly they need to get started? Well here's the short answer to what kids need to start coding: almost nothing! Many people think you need to be some sort of genius, or really good at math before you can learn to code. Maybe that’s because it used to be that one’s first exposure to coding was in college, or if you were lucky, high school. The Keep Reading...
{FREE} Cupcake Shop: Money Math Problems
Are you looking for a fun and engaging way to teach and practice money math skills with your kids? Look no further! This cupcake shop set of money math problems will help kids practice adding money and learn real life math skills. Plus, they'll get an introduction to adding decimals as they see different money combinations and find the total cost of each cupcake. You could even extend this lesson by baking cupcakes of your own and practicing Keep Reading...
Fall Favorites: Simple Data Analysis for Kids {FREE}
On this site you will find dozens of fall math ideas, games and activities for kids of all ages because it is one of my favorite times of the year. Today I'm adding to the fall math collection with a simple, yet engaging data activity for kids. Collecting, graphing and analyzing data is an essential math skill because kids will use this throughout their school career and even in their everyday lives. They need to be able to understand graphs and Keep Reading...
{FREE} Multiplication Four in a Row Game to Learn Facts
Normally over the summer, I'm really good about keeping my children involved in some type of learning activities. We may play math games, do computer work, or print off a few activities. This summer though, we were moving and many activities fell through the cracks. Well, we finally go moved, set a schoolroom, and life is back to normal...well as normal as life can be with four kids. But the beginning of this school year has been a little more Keep Reading...
20+ Unique Skip Counting Activities Kids Will Adore
One of the earliest math skills kids learn is to count. It's such a joy to witness too, as kids joyfully and excitedly count literally all.the.things. But what comes after counting? Well, lots of things, but today I want to focus particularly on skip counting. What is skip counting? It's counting by skipping some of the numbers. For example, counting by 2 means skipping every other number: 2, 4, 6, 8, etc. But why does this matter? This is an Keep Reading...
{FREE} Adding Decimals Worksheets: Multiple Strategies
Typically, a math worksheet is filled with tedious computation problems. They cover the page with little to no room for writing out work and thinking, and can be so...boring. Well, today I want to share a set of adding decimals worksheets that are not your typical worksheet. Rather than a page filled with problems, each page has a single decimal addition problem, to be solved three different ways. Solving one problem using multiple methods and Keep Reading...
{FREE} 3-Digit Subtraction with Regrouping Game
It was the turning point for me. I was sitting in a college teaching class, and the base ten blocks came out. The instructor proceeded to inform us how to teach subtraction with regrouping using base ten blocks. Though he was there to teach me how to teach a concept, he actually brought an understanding that hadn't happened in years of schooling. Math had never been my subject. I didn't understand it. Definitely couldn't do it in my head. And Keep Reading...
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