February Math Problem of the Day {FREE Printable!}

ByBethany

I love spending some time each day looking at the calendar with my kids and learning things like the days of the week, and exploring math concepts by asking questions such as, “How many days until Daddy’s birthday?” or “How many more days are in January than February?” But lately, we’ve gotten out of the habit, as my kids know the days of the week, months of the year, etc. So I came up with a new idea to still spend some time with the calendar, but also having a quick and easy math review each day: a printable math problem of the day calendar!

This low-prep printable calendar is a great way to let kids do a math problem of the day each day in February! This free calendar is perfect for grades 1-2!

This calendar is appropriate for grades 1-2, and covers a variety of math skills, including addition and subtraction, greater than or less than and word problems.

What’s unique about this calendar, though, is that the solution is equal to the day of the month. 

This low-prep printable calendar is a great way to let kids do a math problem of the day each day in February! This free calendar is perfect for grades 1-2!

So as my kids solve the problem of the day, they will also learn what day it is, and we can have other conversations related to the month of February as well!

This is a great opportunity to spark math conversations! (Find more ideas for Math Talk here).

Obviously, this could be a problem if they already know the date. Then they can “solve” the math problem without actually doing the math.

But I’m not concerned, because I will be doing this with them, and asking questions like, “Can you prove that’s the right answer?” or “Can you show me how you got that?”

And knowing what the solution is supposed to be is a great way for self-checking. For instance, if my daughter knows that the date is February 12 (and the solution should therefore be 12), but gets 14 as the answer, she will know to go back and fix her error.

I also tried to keep this printable simple, so it is just one page, with a box to fill in the solution right on each calendar day.

This low-prep printable calendar is a great way to let kids do a math problem of the day each day in February! This free calendar is perfect for grades 1-2!

It’s also black and white, for easy printing, and so kids can color the fun February themed pictures if they want (my kids love to color, so I thought they would like that).

I’m hoping to continue this for each month of 2016, so if you like the idea and would like to see additional grade levels, let me know! 🙂

I hope you enjoy this printable math problem of the day calendar!

This low-prep printable calendar is a great way to let kids do a math problem of the day each day in February! This free calendar is perfect for grades 1-2!

{Click HERE to go to my shop and get your copy of the February Math Problem of the Day Calendar!}

Have fun!

29 Comments

  1. What a great idea! Definitely going to have my kids do this! What a great idea to get a little extra math practice/review every day! Easy to hole punch and add to their notebook. It would be nice to have other grade levels.

    1. Thanks! I hope you enjoy it, and thanks for letting me know! I’ll probably add some different levels to the March calendar! 🙂

  2. I love this idea! It’s a great warm-up exercise I can use to get our daily math started. I do hope you create more of these!

  4. What a great idea! I would love you to continue for the rest of 2016! I love your website and all the wonderful ideas you have!

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  9. Love this idea!! Always looking for ways to sneak in a little extra math practice and this is perfect! Thanks!

  10. love the idea , yes I will like to see it
    for upper grades, but this way is basic and simple.
    thank you for sharing…

  11. I love this and hope you are doing this monthly as it is a great way to start the day. I’m new to this site!

  14. The Calendars are fabulous. A great way of doing calendar where all children are involved. Whole group calendar has it’s place, but so many learners are not engaged. Your calendars gives everyone a job and it is not as repetitive as some daily calendar routines!
    Thank you kindly for this freebie!

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