If you teach kindergarten through second grade, chances are you have explored fact families with your students. But why do fact families matter? How does working with fact families help student understanding? Today I'm going to explain what fact families are and provide some super simple, one page fact family games so you can practice with your kids. There are a variety of options, allowing you to differentiate easily. There are also small group Keep Reading...
{FREE} Single Digit Division Game for Grades 3-5
I love playing math games with my children. It is a wonderful way to practice math facts, and enjoy time together. And today I have a fun game to share with you. Get your kiddos working on memorizing their division facts with this low prep single digit division game. *Please Note: This post contains affiliate links which help support this site. Read our full disclosure here.* *This is a guest post from Rachel of You've Got This Math Keep Reading...
{FREE} January 2019 Math Problem of the Day Calendars
It's time for a new year and a fresh start! If you're looking for a simple way to weave in daily math practice or just a fun way to help kids continually review important skills, try these math problem of the day calendars. There are so many ways to use these, making consistent review possible. And I'm excited to share that this set of January 2019 Math Problem of the Day Calendars includes 3 different calendars with different levels of math Keep Reading...
Place Value Pirates: FREE Printable Math Game
Teaching kids of different ages or abilities can be a challenge. One topic that I find is very easy to differentiate, however, is place value. Currently, my kids are in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade. They all need to understand place value and how to apply an understanding of place value to math operations. So I can easily work on the underlying concepts with all of them together by using different numbers. To provide some extra practice for my 2nd and Keep Reading...
Low-Prep Multiplication Facts Practice: FREE Clip Cards
It's that time of year-back to school. If they're not already, children will soon be filling classrooms or spreading out in your living room with their school books. One of the joys of a new school year is brushing away the cobwebs and reviewing important math facts. If you need quick and simple multiplication facts practice, these low-prep clip cards are designed to do just that. Kids can easily practice the multiplication facts independently Keep Reading...
Apple STEM Challenge {Simple STEM for Kids}
Looking for a fun and easy to set up STEM challenge for fall or back to school? This Apple STEM Challenge has been a favorite of my kids and kept them busy for almost an hour! Now if you're a classroom teacher, you may not have time to let your kids play and explore and test for an hour. But I guarantee your kids will enjoy this challenge and will be thinking creatively and out of the box. This would also be a great STEM challenge to include in Keep Reading...
How to Teach Multiplication Facts That Stick {Review & Giveaway!}
One of the most common struggles I hear from parents and teachers is that kids still don't know their multiplication facts. Maybe you know this struggle all too well, especially if you teach 4th or 5th grade. At that point, you don't have time to teach multiplication, because you're required to teach division and fractions and decimals. Today I want to share some tips for building a solid foundation as well as a simple plan for how to teach Keep Reading...
Lemonade Stand Word Problems for Kids {FREE!}
Looking for more practice with math story problems? This set of problems uses the idea of creating a lemonade stand to sell lemonade as the basis for the problems. Understanding word problems (and understanding what the question is asking) and then knowing how to appropriately solve them is a challenge for many kids. Give them some extra practice with these Lemonade Stand Word Problems for grades 3-5! *Please note: This post includes Keep Reading...
How to Teach Multiplication & Division with LEGO Bricks
Introducing kids to multiplication and division can be difficult. All kids have known is counting and addition, so helping them make the transition from counting one by one to then adding fluently to then multiplying fluently takes time and patience and lots of practice. There are so many ways to do this, but today I want to focus on multiplication and division with LEGO bricks. Most kids LOVE building with these tiny blocks, and so they find it Keep Reading...
Multiplication Coloring Pages: Easy Practice for Kids {FREE}
Even though everyone needs a break during the summer, fun and informal learning should still continue. Our summer learning tends to revolve around the computer. I find a learning program that will have them practice their math and reading skills in a fun way. This year I have one other goal for my oldest kiddo. He has mastered skip counting, but can only solve multiplication problems by skip counting. When you are solving three-digit Keep Reading...
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