Welcome to the weekly round up of free teaching resources from around the web! Each week I share my favorite ideas, free lessons, games and more for grades K-12! Have a fun and FREE resource to share with other educators? Send me a link so I can share it here! Kindergarten-2nd Grade: I love this unique way to practice addition and subtraction from The Measured Mom! All you need are some dice and markers. And this simple tic-tac-toe Keep Reading...
Skip Counting Hopscotch
Spring is in full force around here, and that means warmer weather, beautiful flowers and one of my kids favorites: sidewalk chalk. I love to see how excited and creative they get when they're handed a brand new box of sidewalk chalk! One of our favorite things to do with chalk is to play games like this number line race, or of course the more traditional game of hopscotch. I recently took the kids outside and added a really fun twist to help Keep Reading...
Weekly Math Freebie Round Up
Welcome to the weekly round up of the best math teaching resources from around the web! Each week I share fun and engaging math lessons, worksheets, games and more for grades K-12. Have a great resource to share with other educators? Send me a link so I can check it out! :) Kindergarten-2nd Grade: I LOVE this great idea for estimation from This Reading Mama! This activity would be perfect for your 100th day of school, but you could use it Keep Reading...
6 Reasons Learning Roman Numerals Will Benefit Your Child
With the Super Bowl fast approaching, I've been thinking a lot about roman numerals. Yes, of course I'm also thinking about football, but as a math geek and homeschool mom, it made me wonder-"Should I bother teaching my kids roman numerals?" Is this something kids need to know? And if it's not something that they need to know in everyday life, is there any benefit to teaching them? Well I've come to the conclusion that kids should learn roman Keep Reading...
Exploring Numbers With Magazine Cutouts
As I shared recently, I'm focusing on the numbers 1-20 (especially 11-20) with both of my kids right now. I want to help them see and understand the numbers as 10 + ___, rather than simply memorizing the names. I also want them to be able to order and compare these numbers. After spending some time working on place value and "building" the numbers 11-20, I used this fun and incredibly simple lesson to practice working with these numbers. Keep Reading...
Hot Chocolate Math Investigation: Estimation and Measurement!
My kids love hot chocolate. It's such a special treat! When the weather is nice, they love to curl up in the yard at night and star gaze with a large cup of hot chocolate. When the weather is cold and snowy, they love to warm up with a cup! The problem is, they tend to fight over silly things, like who gets which cup. Whether they want a particular mug, or a certain color, it drives me insane to have them argue over which cup they get! However, Keep Reading...
Building the Numbers 11-20 {Free Printables!}
After spending quite a bit of time exploring the numbers 1-10 (through counting, number bonds, and subtraction), I am now focusing on the numbers 11-20. Though my daughter can recognize and name the numbers, she does not really understand what they represent (i.e. she does not yet understand place value). To help reinforce the fact that the numbers 11-20 are equivalent to 10 + ____, I've created some fun printable pages to model these numbers Keep Reading...
Decorate a Christmas Tree! {Number Sense Activity}
I recently wrote about a fun and simple way to increase number sense and help kids think creatively about numbers. The "Build a Turkey" Number Sense lesson was so popular that I made a similar activity for Christmas! I was so excited to create this activity, I went a little overboard purchasing Christmas clipart. So if you like this, be sure to check back throughout December for more Christmas learning activities and printables! This Christmas Keep Reading...
Equal or Not Equal? THAT is the Question!
In mathematics, an equation is a math sentence that shows two expressions that are equal. Understanding that these two expressions must stay equal is foundational as kids begin to learn Algebra. It is also important and useful as kids begin to write proofs or solve more difficult problems, because sometimes an expression is not written in a convenient way. But re-writing it in a way that is still equal (i.e. doesn't change the problem) is an Keep Reading...
Skittles Count and Compare! {FREE Printable Pack}
As kids begin to learn their numbers and count and understand cardinality (the number of items in a set), they will then be able to compare things. This becomes evident early on if you have more than one child, because they are quick to notice if brother or sister "has more than me!" While serving as referee in those sibling squabbles over more or less is not fun, this is an important math concept to master! And it starts with hands-on visuals Keep Reading...
