Looking for some easy yet meaningful St. Patrick's Day addition practice for your little ones? This set of addition to 20 practice pages includes meaningful visuals to help kids make sense of addition along with some addition puzzles to use in your St. Patrick's Day math center. One of the most essential math skills in the early years is addition. Helping kids build a solid foundation with early addition within 10 and 20 will set the stage for Keep Reading...
{FREE} Candy Bar Fractions: Hands On Fraction Practice
Looking for a fun and hands on way to model fractions with your students? Candy bar fractions are the perfect introduction to adding and subtraction fractions with unlike denominators-plus, kids get a tasty treat when they finish! Although it is not an everyday occurrence (or monthly even), one of my favorite ways to help kids make sense of big math topics is with candy. Yes, I know we have to be careful about sugar intake, and no, my kids Keep Reading...
Apple Addition with Ten Frames – Decompose Numbers {FREE}
Want to help your kids better understand addition, composing and decomposing numbers and exploring ways to make ten? This adorable set of Apple Addition with Ten Frames provides helpful visuals, perfect for fall math learning! It's back to school time, and that means learning math with apples! I have lots of apple math resources available, but today is especially focused on addition within 10. Using ten frames as a visual model will help kids Keep Reading...
St. Patrick’s Day Counting: Hands On Games {FREE}
Want some fun, hands on math games this St. Patrick's Day? Grab a box of cereal and you've got everything you need for this engaging St. Patrick's Day counting set. Engaging multiple senses is always helpful when learning and practicing new math skills. By combining visuals with hands on cereal pieces (and smelling and tasting the cereal!), your kids are sure to enjoy counting while increasing number sense. This St. Patrick's Day counting set Keep Reading...
Build Math Habits: Model with Math & Visual Tools
Want to encourage independent math thinking? Help your kids learn how to model with math & visual tools as they seek to solve problems. Find ideas & free resources to help below! Welcome back to my series on the Standards for Mathematical Practice! In each article I'm trying to unpack these standards in a way that makes sense so that you can help your students develop these math habits. This will help them to move beyond memorization Keep Reading...
Printable Math Manipulatives | FREE Download
Looking for an easy way to provide visual, hands on math tools for your kids without spending a fortune? This FREE set of printable math manipulatives is just what you need. As we gear up for possibly the strangest, hardest back to school season any of us have ever seen, there are unique needs for teachers and students. As I discussed things with a teacher friend, I asked how I could help her prepare and meet the needs of students and one Keep Reading...
FREE Online Math Manipulatives for At Home Learning
Looking for an alternative to hands on math manipulatives? This huge, growing list of FREE online math manipulatives is a great way to provide 'hands on' math practice remotely. There's no denying that hands on visuals and manipulatives help students see, understand and learn math. But what if your child or student doesn't have access to hands on manipulatives? If you are a classroom teacher, it's great having these math tools available and on Keep Reading...
{FREE} St. Patrick’s Day Triangle Game | Grades 4-6
Teach your kids triangle properties and types of triangles with this adorable St. Patrick's Day triangle game. There is something fun about learning and exploring shapes. And today, we get to explore triangles! Learn how to compare triangles and classify triangles using different names to represent the different categories of triangles. These vocabulary terms may be new for your kids, so you may want to do a quick overview of the terms before Keep Reading...
Number Sense Activities with Visual Dot Cards {Grades PreK-1}
Time and time again, research shows that students who struggle with math in middle school or high school were the same kids who lacked number sense in the early grades. So it is essential that we help develop and strengthen kids' number sense in Kindergarten and First Grade, to help set them up for future math success. There are several different strategies you can focus on to help kids make sense of numbers and think flexibly, but one of the Keep Reading...
Wrecking Ball Subtraction: Hands On Math
Subtraction can be a tricky concept for young learners. In the past, I have spent a significant amount of time practicing and understanding number bonds to ease the transition to subtraction. There are a lot of ways to model subtraction for kids, including reading books together. Today I'm sharing another fun way to build an early understanding of subtraction using a game that kids will love: Wrecking Ball Subtraction. This hands on math activity Keep Reading...
