Welcome to the weekly collection of FREE math teaching resources from around the web! Every week I share some of my favorite free lessons, printables and games, to try and help you make teaching math fun and easy! Check back each week for more freebies for grades K-12! Kindergarten-2nd: I can't wait to try this with my kids, even though it's meant to be a classroom game! I think it will be fun for us to play at home! Great practice for Keep Reading...
Brilliant Ways to Use a Hundreds Chart
In my shopping for homeschool curriculum this year, I was able to find all sorts of wonderful math manipulatives at really amazing prices (thank you, consignment sales). *Please Note: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. Feel free to read our full disclosure policy here.* One small thing I picked up is a hundreds chart. It doesn't look like much (mine especially, it's rather well used), but it's an incredibly useful tool for Keep Reading...
Weekly Math Freebies Round Up!
Welcome to the weekly collection of math teaching freebies here at Math Geek Mama! Every week I share the best, FREE math lessons, games and printables on the web! If you have a free teaching resource you would like me to share, just send me a link! Kindergarten-2nd: I love this adorable animal version of a Sudoku game! Not only does it help kids with logic and problem solving, it provides fine motor practice! My kids will love this! (And Keep Reading...
Apple Tree About Me! {A Back to School Math Activity}
Are your kids ready for back to school yet?? Whether you homeschool or not, I'm guessing you're gearing up for a new year. I finally settled on a start date for our homeschool year, which means I have a LOT of work to do! Haha! If you're heading back to school as well, try this fun Apple themed back to school math activity. It's a great way to learn about your students and review math facts! *Please Note: Some of the links in this post are Keep Reading...
The 20+ BEST Math Card Games
A great way to engage kids who would otherwise loathe math practice (and also just a fun way for anyone to review important skills!) is to play a game. My son has a hard time getting motivated to do school work, but he is always more excited and engaged when I turn whatever we're doing into a game. Here you will find some of my favorite math card games, organized by topic! *Please Note: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links and Keep Reading...
Weekly Math Freebie Round Up!
Welcome to the weekly round up of free math teaching resources! I try to share engaging and helpful math teaching lessons and activities for all ages-if you have something you would like featured, please send me a link! Kindergarten-2nd: This set of counting puzzles is so cute! (And if you like it, there is a whole mega math bundle to go along with it for sale in her store!) If your kids need practice working with and recognizing Keep Reading...
Summer Math Camp: Week 1
I'm so excited to share with you a really fun event that I'm hosting at my house this summer! I'm teaching and reviewing some important third grade math skills to a wonderfully sweet group of girls, and I want to share my plans, games and ideas with you! We are meeting for one hour each week, so it's not a huge time commitment, but I hope to cover as much third grade math as we can over the summer to help them keep up their skills, and maybe Keep Reading...
Expanded Numbers Puzzles {FREE!}
It's often difficult for students to make the connection between the numbers 0-9 and place value. At first, children learn to count and everything has a single value, i.e. 6 race cars. But eventually, as they build on that knowledge and begin to consider larger numbers, they must understand place value. Then, suddenly, they can have 6 tens or 6 hundreds and it's not simply the number 6, but a much larger value. One way I have begun to teach my Keep Reading...
