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...
Benefits of Esti-Mystery Challenges | FREE Esti-Mystery Recording Pages
Learn more about the unique Esti-Mystery math challenges and how these engaging prompts can build confidence and number sense in your students. Plus, grab the free set of esti-mystery recording pages to help students as they solve them! What does your daily math routine look like? Maybe it includes a "number of the day" challenge, or calendar time. Maybe it includes number talks or fun math game time. Of all the math tasks you give your Keep Reading...
{FREE} Gingerbread Counting Game | Grades PreK-1st
Practice counting, number recognition, addition & subtraction with this adorable gingerbread counting game for kids! Looking for a fun and festive math game for December? This Goody Gumdrops Gingerbread Counting game is perfect! Using gumdrops and the print and play game board, kids learn to count to 20, as well as add and subtract small numbers up to 20. This is also a great way for preschoolers to develop the concept of one-to-one Keep Reading...
Convert Fractions to Decimals & Percents: FREE Puzzles
Learn strategies to convert fractions to decimals & percents, plus grab a cute set of pizza matching puzzles to practice this math skill! Ask my nine-year-old boy what he wants for dinner, and you are always going to get the same answer: Pizza! He is a creature of habit so each time pizza enters our home, he wants it with pepperoni. Knowing his deep love for pizza, I decided to create some pizza puzzles for him. As he focuses on 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} 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} 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...
‘Ten Fish’: An Addictive Make Ten Math Game for Kids
Are you looking for fun ways to develop your child's number sense and early math skills? Although there are countless games you could play and dozens of fancy manipulatives you could employ, one of the best and easiest tools to use is a ten frame. Ten frames are a powerful visual that help our brains make sense of numbers. And so when you can combine this handy visual with fun and engaging games? Well, you've got a winner for sure! Learn more Keep Reading...
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