6 Uses for Beach Balls in the Classroom Beach balls are over the place now and they are very cheap. I found some for 99¢ at Michaels and at Target. Needless to say, I have started a bit of a … Continue reading
Teaching about Coins with the Coin Tower One of the things it said on my son’s report card was to practice identifying coins and to learn their values. I knew I could easily grab a few coins and do the … Continue reading
Magnetic Popsicle Sticks I was browsing on Amazon for some magnet blocks for my boys when I came across a set of what looked like popsicle sticks, but they were magnetic. I thought they looked really cool and that my … Continue reading
Lego Math Activities (This post is dedicated to the fantastic Mrs. A. for being an amazing inspiration to my boy.) I have Legos on my mind. I am supposed to be preparing to teach a week long Lego Robotics class, … Continue reading
Sea Star Math Facts One of our big jobs this summer is to practice our basic addition facts. I know I need some sort of hook to get my son interested and am hoping this might be the thing– wish … Continue reading
Popcorn Math Activities What seems like many moons ago, I wrote a guest for post the wonderful Aussie blog, Learn with Play at Home. The post was full of all kinds of ideas related to popcorn. Since then, I have … Continue reading
100s Chart Math: Creating a Class Chart I love teaching with a 100s chart. For those of you who do not know what a 100s chart is- it is basically a grid with 100 spaces numbered 1-100. There are all … Continue reading
Activities for The Donut Chef I discovered a new book at the library the other day. I was actually looking for another book by author, Bob Staake (LOVE his books!), and came across, The Donut Chef, instead. The minute I … Continue reading
Books about Zero We don’t spend much time thinking or talking about the number zero or the concept of zero with very young children mainly because zero is not a counting number. And, many adults simply assume that children have … Continue reading
Activities for Practicing Math Facts As I was working on BMTM’s Math Facts Practice Box, I was not able to show all the games and activities that I would include in the box. So, I decided to create a round-up … Continue reading
Gumball Machine Math Facts Game Here is another fun game for practicing math facts with your children or students. I have always loved the look of gumball machines- must be the colors and the shapes. So I created this game … Continue reading
Popcorn Counting Game I created this Popcorn Counting Game a while back to help my eldest with counting and other number related concepts. To play, simply print out the templates, cut out the popcorn box and the popcorn pieces and try … Continue reading
