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...
Candy Corn Math: Hands On Activities {With FREE Printables}
I will admit it, I have a deep love of candy corn. It's really a huge blessing that it's only available for a short time each fall, because otherwise my health and weight would suffer. And so, since candy corn is such a special treat, and I obviously needed an excuse to buy it the second it hit the shelves, I had to combine it with learning for some fun, hands on candy corn math. Because how else can you justify buying the giant bag from Sam's Keep Reading...
Number Detectives: Addition and Subtraction Challenge Problems
How comfortable are your kids with basic addition & subtraction? How many different ways or visuals can they use to solve a problem? If you feel like your kids need a little more practice to become confident and fluent, don't resort to boring worksheets. Try the Number Detectives Challenge instead! This engaging activity will provide addition and subtraction challenge problems for kids in kindergarten, first grade or second grade. But even 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...
Number Bonds with Apple Slices {FREE Printables!}
Understanding how to compose and decompose numbers is a very important skill in the early grades. This means understanding how to break numbers apart or combine numbers in different ways. For example, 3 and 4 make 7, but 2 and 5 also make seven. A great introduction and visual for kids is to create rainbows to show different combinations. But I also love the visual of number bonds. So this simple apple math lesson combines a fun, hands on tool 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...
How to Teach Addition & Subtraction with LEGO Bricks
My kids are obsessed with LEGO. They love to build pre-made kits, they love to create their own designs, they love the movies...you get the idea. But as a math teacher, I love LEGO too, because they are such a great hands on visual for teaching math! In today's post, I want to share some simple ways to practice LEGO addition & subtraction. The ideas are easy and don't require much prep, so go grab your LEGO bricks and we'll get Keep Reading...
Number Sense Activities with Visual Dot Cards {Grades PreK-1}
Time and time again, research shows that students who struggle with math in middle school or high school were the same kids who lacked number sense in the early grades. So it is essential that we help develop and strengthen kids' number sense in Kindergarten and First Grade, to help set them up for future math success. There are several different strategies you can focus on to help kids make sense of numbers and think flexibly, but one of the Keep Reading...
Simple Winter Addition and Subtraction Facts to 10 {FREE}
Looking for some simple practice with addition and subtraction facts to 10? These adorable snowflake pages are the perfect kindergarten winter math challenge! *Please Note: This post includes affiliate links which help support the work of this site. Read our full disclosure here.* Providing kids with an opportunity to learn the facts for the numbers within 10 will help them as they begin to move on to larger numbers. Knowing these facts and Keep Reading...
100 Math Ideas for the 100th Day of School
Celebrating the 100th day of school just begs for fun, engaging, out of the box math activities. I mean, it's the number 100! You can count things, explore, estimate, read good books, and so on and so on. Whenever you reach this momentous day with your kiddos, celebrate by taking a break from your normal, everyday math routine and explore the number 100 in 100 different ways! Ok, maybe don't try all 100 at once, but you're bound to find at least Keep Reading...
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