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{FREE} Simple Fact Family Games for Kids

January 28, 2019 Leave a Comment

Help kids learn and explore addition and subtraction with these cute fact family game boards. There are so many variations, you can easily differentiate for individuals, small groups or play together as a class! Grab the whole set FREE from Math Geek Mama.

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...

Filed Under: Free Printables, Grades 2-3, Grades K-1, Math Games Tagged With: addition, fact families, number bonds, subtraction

Candy Corn Math: Hands On Activities {With FREE Printables}

October 8, 2018 3 Comments

Looking for a fun way to put all your candy corn to good use? This free set of candy corn math printables use candy corn as a fun math manipulative. There are counting mats, an addition game, plus counting to 100 and measurement. Kids will love it!

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...

Filed Under: Free Printables, Grades K-1, Hands on, Math Games Tagged With: addition, candy, counting, measurement

Number Detectives: Addition and Subtraction Challenge Problems

October 1, 2018 Leave a Comment

This engaging, open ended activity will help kids better understand addition and subtraction. These challenge problems can be used lots of different ways and will help kids to compose and decompose numbers from 2-100.

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...

Filed Under: Free Printables, Grades K-1, Interactive Worksheet, Math Games Tagged With: addition, subtraction

Number Bonds with Apple Slices {FREE Printables!}

August 21, 2018 8 Comments

Such a fun, hands on way to help kids make sense of number bonds and look for patterns! Plus, free printables for extra practice!

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...

Filed Under: Classroom strategies, Free Printables, Grades K-1, Interactive Worksheet Tagged With: addition, free printables, number bonds

{FREE} Low Prep Place Value Mazes for Grades 3-5

July 9, 2018 Leave a Comment

Do your kids struggle to add large numbers? A solid understanding of place value is essential. These place value mazes are a fun way for kids to practice and deepen their understanding of place value. Plus, they're super low prep, which means it's easy for you as the teacher!

Place value is such an important concept that should be taught to children in hands-on, concrete ways. And just because we are focusing on large numbers with older children, doesn't mean they don't need this extra practice and hands-on instruction. Today, we are jumping into adding 100's, 1,000's 10,000's and 100,000's to large numbers. These low prep place value mazes are the perfect way to focus on what each digit represents in these large Keep Reading...

Filed Under: Grades 4-5, Interactive Worksheet Tagged With: addition, large numbers, place value

How to Teach Addition & Subtraction with LEGO Bricks

May 28, 2018 1 Comment

Using LEGO Bricks is a fun, hands on way to introduce and practice addition and subtraction with your kids! This post outlines lots of different examples of ways to explore and play math with LEGO. Your kids will be begging to do math!

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...

Filed Under: Grades K-1, Hands on, Math Teaching Tagged With: addition, LEGO, subtraction

30+ of the Best LEGO Math Activities for All Ages

May 21, 2018 Leave a Comment

Want to learn how to teach and explore math with LEGO bricks? In this post you will find dozens of games, ideas and printables to explore math with LEGO. Includes ideas for kids of all ages!

Looking for a new approach to  a certain math concept? Or a helpful and hands on visual to help your kids make sense of numbers and operations? Using LEGO bricks to learn math may be just the thing! This HUGE, growing collection of LEGO math activities and resources will help you teach virtually any concept with LEGO. *Please Note: This post contains affiliate links which help support the work of this site. Read our full disclosure Keep Reading...

Filed Under: All Ages, Math Games, Math Teaching Tagged With: addition, counting, fractions, geometry, LEGO, stem, subtraction

Simple Winter Addition and Subtraction Facts to 10 {FREE}

February 12, 2018 Leave a Comment

Want a cute and fun way to practice addition and subtraction facts to 10? These snowflake coloring pages are a great introduction to a discussion of patterns, composing and decomposing numbers and more. Get them 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...

Filed Under: Free Printables, Grades K-1, Interactive Worksheet Tagged With: addition, subtraction, winter

{FREE} Baseball Addition: 3-Digit Addition Game

July 3, 2017 1 Comment

Need to work on adding large numbers? This baseball themed 3-digit addition game is such a fun way to practice skills, work on mental math or just get out of the normal routine. Perfect for your game time math center!

I love baseball. The sound of the bat hitting the ball. Crowds cheering for their teams. And even the disappointment of losing that important game. (Which is quite common with my home team.) My husband has converted me into a pro football fan, but I still have fond memories of the games I watched with friends and family. That nostalgia was the inspiration for this 3-digit addition game. Kids will love challenging each other and scoring runs while Keep Reading...

Filed Under: Free Printables, Grades 2-3, Math Games Tagged With: addition, large numbers, mental math, multi-digit addition

What’s For Lunch? An Engaging, Real Life Math Lesson {FREE}

January 9, 2017 4 Comments

Need some help teaching your kids to add and subtract decimals? This can sounds like an intimidating concept, but this open-ended lesson will challenge kids in a real-world concept. Kids will be highly enaged in this lesson because it's so relevant to their life. Grab the free printables with teaching tips.

"Why are we learning this?" Have you ever heard this from your students? If you teach math, I'd be surprised if you haven't. It can be challenging to create a math lesson that students can see the relevance in and that uses/teaches skills they need to know. But it is possible. In fact, I created one just for Math Geek Mama Readers. Help kids learn and understand math in a real world context with this add and subtract decimals Keep Reading...

Filed Under: Grades 4-5, Grades 6-8, Interactive Worksheet, Math Teaching Tagged With: addition, budget, decimals, math in real life, subtraction, word problems

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