Trade for a Quarter Game Another game for trading coins. This one practices trading coins to make a quarter. This game is best played for 10 minutes or so. Materials game board playing pieces one die pile of pennies, … Continue reading
Bath Time Stories We have a great collection of bath time books in our home. I thought I would round them up and pass them along to you! I hope you find something you like! On My Way to the Bath … Continue reading
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
FREE End of the Year Tooth Graph I think most first grade classes have some sort of chart for keeping track of how many teeth are lost throughout the school year. We definitely have one in our class and as … Continue reading
3 End of the Year Activities I have 4 end of the year activities to share today. I would love to give away some of these activities to you all for FREE. In order to win, simply comment on … 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
Books about Sloths I really like sloths. I find them not only adorable, but fascinating. Here are some interesting sloth facts: Sloths live mostly in trees and come down only to go to the bathroom which they only do once … 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
