Young children love cut and paste activities. Getting out the glue and scissors just makes a math activity a little more fun. Well, who says the littles get to have all the fun? This multiplying decimals activity lets older kids enjoy cutting and gluing while using decimal grids to solve multiplying decimal problems. Learning to multiply decimals with grids will help visualize the operation and build a conceptual understanding. *Please Note: Keep Reading...
{FREE} Candy Corn Counting: Printable Math Mats
Looking for a way to put all that candy corn to good use? How about some candy corn counting? These adorable counting mats can be used with actual candy corn pieces, or with play dough. Either way, your kids will love learning the numbers 1-10 and practicing their counting skills with these fun printable mats. *Please Note: This post contains affiliate links which help support this site. Read our full disclosure here.* Counting and Number Keep Reading...
Hands On Pumpkin Seed Math with a Number Bond {FREE}
One of our favorite things to do as a family each fall is to head to a local farm and pick out pumpkins. Since fall is my favorite time of year, I get so excited to use the pumpkins to decorate our home along with some apple crisp scented hand soap from Target. But as much as I love picking out and setting out the pumpkins, I always have this nagging feeling that we need to do more than simply decorate with them. And this inevitably leads 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} Editable Word Problem Templates: Help Kids Make Sense of Word Problems
One of the most common refrains I hear from parents and teachers is that their kids struggle most when faced with a word problem (or story problem). This is not surprising--a problem involving a single operation, with nothing to decipher or decision to make is straightforward. If the problem says to add, you add. If it is a long division expression, you divide. But a story that uses math to model the world around us takes computation to a whole Keep Reading...
{FREE} Fall Roll & Count Games for Kids
If you're looking for a fun hands on math game for back to school for preschool or Kindergarten, this is perfect. These fall roll and count mats provide fine motor practice and aid in developing several math skills, in one easy, low-prep game. Plus, with two different versions of this roll and count games for kids, you can use one at the start of school and another later in the fall. Or use them together for fall math fun! It's up to Keep Reading...
Compare Decimals Cut & Paste Sort {FREE!}
Even before kids can count, their brains are able to distinguish between quantities (when the difference is significant). For example, if a toddler has a large pile of 15 blocks and you show him 2 blocks by comparison, he will know his pile is greater. As kids get older and develop more sophisticated visual spatial skills and counting skills, they are able to compare quantities in more complex situations. But learning to compare decimals adds a Keep Reading...
{FREE} Convert Improper Fractions to Mixed Numbers Using Visuals
My children love to color. They are always begging to print off a new coloring page off the computer. It is the perfect cool-down activity in the summer, and a great inside filler on cold winter days. But I love it when I can take something they love to do, and turn it into a learning activity. And that is what this activity does as kids use models to convert improper fractions to mixed numbers. Your children and my kiddos, get a chance to color Keep Reading...
{FREE} Taco Time: Tally and Bar Graph Practice
Looking for a fun and easy way to introduce your kids to data collection and analysis? You will love this simple tally and bar graph practice activity. What kid doesn't like tacos? Well, using this 'Taco Time' data collection page, kids can learn how to survey their friends to collect data, keep track using tally marks and then display the information with a bar graph. Data Collection: Using Tally Marks A very simple way for kids to learn Keep Reading...
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