Activities for Teaching Solid Shapes We just completed a chapter on plane and solid shapes in our math program. I created these activities to give our first graders extra practice with each of the concepts taught in the book. Solid … Continue reading
Popsicle Stick Sleds Okay, how adorable are these popsicle stick sleds? I first spotted them on Pinterest while I was searching for a fun, holiday craft to do with my students next week. I immediately put this craft on … Continue reading
Sight Word Dominoes Woohooo! I finally got around to making Sight Word Dominoes. They have been on my to do list for a long time. It took a few tries to get it right, but I finally did it! Played … Continue reading
FREE Printable Dreidel Math Game I am having way too much fun coming up with all these FREE printables for Hanukkah. Last week we shared our FREE Card Games for Hanukkah and this week, we are sharing our FREE … Continue reading
FREE Printable Card Games for Hanukkah I made these for my youngest. He enjoys board and card games much more than my oldest ever did. I am going to give these to him a week or so before Hanukkah so … Continue reading
How Do You Eat Your Gingerbread Man Graph I created this graph for my favorite kindergarten teacher who also happens to be a dear friend and was my son’s teacher. She has the kindergarten teacher magic– you know what … Continue reading
The Greedy Triangle FREE Printable UPDATED TEMPLATE NOW AVAILABLE If you haven’t read, The Greedy Triangle, by Marilyn Burns, you are missing out. It is a wonderful story about shapes and perfect for use in the classroom or just to … Continue reading
Shape Turkey FREE Printable I created this activity with three things in mind: Thanksgiving, patterns and shapes all of which I am working on with my class. Creating our Shape Turkeys First, I gave each student a template of … Continue reading
2 Tally Mark Card Games We will be spending a lot of time on tally marks at the beginning of the school year this year. Tally marks are fun and kids love to use them. These are two games … Continue reading
Skip Counting Craft Skip counting was on the agenda this week. My first graders are pretty good with it already thanks to our fantastic kindergarten teachers, but I wanted to do a few activities anyway. The first idea was this skip … Continue reading
Plus 1 Minus 1 Card Game I created this card game to help my students practice the concept of +1/-1. After creating this game, I added in a +5/-5 game and a +10/-10 game as well. Played this with my … Continue reading
FREE Printable Build a Monster Activity I came across this on Pinterest the other day. Check out this FREE Printable Build a Monster Activity from Somewhat Simple. When I came across it, I immediately printed the templates and put them … Continue reading
