How to perform the paper cutting brain teaser, Dot in the Corner, a fun puzzler to learn and use to bamboozle your friends!
This is a great activity for students learning the Pythagorean Theorem. Students will use the Pythagorean Theorem to calculate distances. In addition, students will add decimals to calculate routes involving more than one stop. Lastly, students will explain the shortest route.
Tables of 6, 7, 8 and 9 in Your Hands: At the age of 8 I had to learn the multiplying tables. I've never been good at memorizing lists or tables. It was easy to learn the tables from 1 to 5 but from 6 to 9 it seemed to be way more complicated... A year later I heard this t…
Lots of fun 1st grade math practice with first grade math worksheets that can be used to play Mad Minutes Math Game. Print pdf HERE!
Hands-on learning is incredibly important for kids. There are a million reasons why! Today I am highlighting more than 60 elementary hands-on math teaching ideas that I have featured over the years on my site.
Teaching area is engaging and authentic with this hands-on applied math activity! Students arrange furniture to find the area and perimeter of their house.
Practice grade 4 math with these FREE 4th Grade Math Worksheets and print as many as you need. Fourth grade math answer key included!!
Unifix cubes are interlinking cubes that are one of the best math manipulatives you can find. You can use the linking cubes individually for one to one correspondence and counting, or you can interlink the
Subitizing is the foundation for number sense and mental math. Learn about common mistakes teachers make when teaching subitizing.
Learn how to play this fun place value game and download your free Place Value Yahtzee score sheets.
Looking for visuals to help your kids make sense of math? Grab this free set of printable math manipulatives for all the hands on resources your kids need.
Extra math practice with FREE 6th Grade Math Worksheets for 6th grade math at home. You will love that these 6th grade worksheets include the answer key!
Request an invite to our “Supercharge Your Centers” course to learn how to implement independent and engaging Pre-K & Kindergarten centers!
How to plan collaborative project-based learning activities in the math classroom. Check out these engaging PBL ideas for 3rd grade students!
Unwanted talking is near the top of the list of teacher frustrations. In this article, learn the actual strategies to finally get rid of it for good.
Have your kids ever used Tangram puzzles? The classic Tangram puzzle, which originated in Imperial China, consists of just 7 shapes: 5 triangles, a square,
Create a solid math foundation with these tips for teaching place value in 1st grade. Use these ideas to avoid place value mistakes!
If you are looking for ways to use snap-cubes, these unifix cubes worksheets will be a great addition to your math manipulatives.
Math and Art are no strangers, as these Math Art Activities for Kids show! Be ready to be mesmerized by how even Math can look gorgeous!
Make 3rd grade math FUN by using free printable math worksheets pdf as math minues with Grade 3! Complete instructions & answer key included.
Hello There! It’s been a while since I have written a blog post but I’m back and will be posting more freebies regularly. I’ve been working on a TON of ha
Free Kindergarten Math Worksheets - Get kindergarten math coloring worksheets, missing numbers, additions and subtractions free worksheets!
From making a graph paper "person" to making your own mosaic, here are creative ways to teach area and perimeter activities.
Geometric Art
My students are always using and referring to different math tools during math centers. I created (and am sharing for free) individual math toolboxes.
Are you looking for a way teaching math vocabulary in a more visual and conceptual way? To differentiate for your struggling learners? Every year, it seems we get more and more visual learners coming into our classrooms, learners who benefit from math word walls that show concepts and vocabulary in action. This approach has worked wonders in my classroom and I know it will in yours! Adding a visual math word wall to my classroom completely changed how my students access our math vocabulary and the concepts we learn in class. Our math word walls are covered in examples and visuals that show the math concepts in context along with the vocabulary words we cover in class.
Check out this “un-bee-lieveably” cute preschool bee math activity (with a free printable!). You only need a marker and a die for math fun.
Here's a simple way to teacher less than, greater than: with toys! Free printable included.
Practice grade 2 math with FREE printable 2nd grade math worksheets. Turn second grade math worksheets into a FUN Mad minutes game!
I started putting together these math joke of the week posters at the end of last school year. I'm super excited about how it turned out. I put the finishing
A ton of free printable worksheets for kindergarten you'll love to use in your class or at home. Fun kindergarten worksheets to download!
Free Printable Math Mazes
Come grab this free resource that is a collection of my favorite virtual math manipulatives!
Math art projects will get kids creative while also teaching them mathematical concepts. Fun ideas for children of all ages and skill levels.
A place value Cheerio tower? Genius!
Don’t you just hate it when you finally get the hang of a reading or math program, and your district (or admin) decide it’s time to start using something new? I mean you’d think they’d know better than to mess with a teacher’s software… When that happened at my school, we were told to “trust the process” The only problem with that is that while the “process is going on”, we’re in the trenches having to figure out how to make things work. When my school first switched to i-Ready, it took me a while to get the hang of it. But after a few months, I figured out a system that worked well for ME + MY KIDDOS So, if you’re feeling frustrated, just like I was in the beginning, please know that YOU•ARE•NOT•ALONE! Hopefully, by the end of this post, you’ll have a few new ideas to get you started. The first step is to set up student folders You’ll need a folder for each student, printed iReady labels, and a copy of the iReady student recording sheet. (If you’re interested in a free copy, simply enter your email in the form down below […]
Here's a simple way to teacher less than, greater than: with toys! Free printable included.