FREE Printable Cookie Sheet Math Fact Game This is one of those ideas that came to me as I was trying to fall asleep the other night. Maybe I was hungry- not really sure. I wanted a game that was … Continue reading
Books about Clouds I was introduced to the book, Cloudette, by my son’s preschool teacher and was immediately smitten. My son (3) loves it too. We have read it over and over and each time he is just as excited … Continue reading
7 Fun Activities for Learning about Coins I have been all about coins lately and decided to put all our games in one handy post for those of you who are looking for ideas. There are games for identifying coins, … Continue reading
Learning Lot Parking Garage I loved this parking garage idea from Lilla a and wanted to create one for my youngest. I have seen other similar ideas over the years, but this is my first attempt at this version. We did make … Continue reading
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
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 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
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
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
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
FREE Magnetic Place Value “Blocks” I am quite sure I have mentioned this before and will say it again. One of my favorite things to teach my first graders is place value. There are so many games, songs and activities … Continue reading
A Game for Practicing Even and Odd Numbers I am a little frustrated with the math program I am using with my first graders. While I think there is a ton of great learning and good activities in the book, … Continue reading
