2 Coin Memory Games I have two versions of the coin memory game. The first game is simply matching the coin face with the value. This is pretty basic, but very important for students who don’t yet recognize which coin … Continue reading
Teaching about Odds and Evens with Monsters One of my favorite teaching activities is creating even and odd monsters. After several other activities to teach my students about even and odd numbers, I invite my students to create their own … Continue reading
Counting Coins Game I created this game years ago before all the great graphics and fonts were available. This weekend I recreated and updated this game. This is a great way to get students familiar with the different coins and … Continue reading
FREE Coin Combination Book Have you ever used a “waterfall book” in your classroom or homeschool? I love the way these books look when they are put together and they are super fun to use. I created this waterfall book … Continue reading
Counting Quarters: A Visual Aid and Teaching Tool Learning to count quarters is not an easy task for first graders. And while some can do it by memory and others can figure it out mathematically, there are still others who … Continue reading
Teaching about Coins with “My Coin Chart” We have moved onto learning about coins in my first grade class- identifying which coin is which and what their values are are the first step. I created this coin chart for the … Continue reading
UPDATED FREE Fact Family Activity Sheet What is a fact family? What is a fact family you may ask. Well, a fact family is made of 3 numbers. And from those 3 numbers, one can create 4 related math facts … Continue reading
FREE Games for Making Ten I have been busily creating games to help my students practice making tens which is so important for all other math concepts. Students need to make tens for counting money, telling time, place value and … Continue reading
Creating a Digital Clock for Teaching Time Recently we created analog clocks in our classroom. My students enjoyed creating a clock from scratch and using it to practice telling time. This week, we created digital clocks to help us read … Continue reading
8 Great Lego Activities for After School Learning With summer right around the corner, I know my boys will be spending a lot of time with their Legos. Aside from creating, I plan to do some learning with Legos with … Continue reading
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12 Ideas for Teaching Place Value I realized that I have a whole slew of post about teaching place value to young children and thought I would put them all in one place. Many of these ideas include FREEBIES for … Continue reading
