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.
Activities that develop early math skills are our favourites! We love working on our number recognition, counting skills, subitising and 1:1 correspondence. This “Build a City” activity…
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.
Kids will love these fun patterning activities! They are perfect for preschool and kindergarten math centers. Patterning with Pattern Blocks
Geometric Art
Try these fun angles activities in your maths classes to make geometry lessons more engaging!
So, yesterday I showed you how I got my angle studies kicked off with my students–how I solidified understanding of “right angle”. We had lots left to accomplish–so I’ll try to share some of the different lessons and activities we did over the next days! Tip 1: If you can get your hands on thin […]
Teaching fractions with hands-on manipulatives and activities helps students develop a conceptual understanding that will endure.
Print these free symmetry worksheets and activity pages to use with your students. Learn about the line of symmetry with these fun pattern challenge worksheets. Students must use logic, reasoning, and spatial skills to draw the reflected pattern across the line of symmetry.
KINDERGARTEN MATH - UNIT 1 I am thrilled to be sharing this huge Counting and Cardinality Unit with you! This is the math unit we start the year with in kindergarten. The kids love all of the hands-on activities we get to do, and I love how easy it is to keep them engaged.
FREE printable Symmetry drawing activity for preschool and kindergarten kids. A fun art and math activity in one! Kids will complete the symmetrical pictures by drawing the other half.
Again I went MIA for a little while..sorry! Things get hectic and while I have tons of ideas and things to share with you it always means st...
So, lately my kids have been making some really great observations about numbers. They’ve been noticing patterns in our hundreds chart and they’re pros at skip counting {by 5’s & 10’s, anyway ;)} I really want to start adding the concept of odd & even numbers to our calendar routine, but before I started with …
Build fact fluency with these engaging games and activities. Check out these super fun and creative ways to help your students stay engaged.
A place value Cheerio tower? Genius!
Discover 3 effective number sense routines that you can use instantly in your classroom. These fun math games and activities are ideal for your math block.
*Maths Working Wall: Concrete- Pictorial- Abstract and Verbal Representations* Closely aligned to White Rose Maths planning and linked to every small step, this easily maintained and ready to go working wall simply needs to be printed and stuck up in your classroom to give you a maths working wall which directly links to every single lesson you will teach. This simple idea takes all of the pain and work out of updating your working wall and allows your children to see their maths lesson is four important forms and should actively support the learning of maths in your classroom: Concrete Representation- This is the only part of the display you need to complete yourself but you can easily use the 'see it' posters from the pictorial representations to show you exactly what to build. Pictorial Representations- Pictures of what the maths for each small step looks like to help give visual aids in the classroom. Simply print and stick on the wall. Abstract Representation- Written forms of the maths for each small step. Simply print and stick on the wall. Verbal Representations- Key vocabulary and stem sentences for every topic being taught in your year group. Simply print and stick on the wall. This pack will give you the resources you need to have a working wall which you can build and update for every single maths lesson linked to White Rose Maths scheme for the Autumn term. Included is: - Label for Place Value - Labels for 'Make It', 'See It', 'Write It' and 'Say It' to help you organise your Working Wall - 'See It' posters with visual representations linked to every small step for Place Value - 'Write It' posters with written representations linked to every small step for Place Value - 'Say It' posters with Key Vocabulary and Sentence Stems linked to Place Value How it works Download the PDF files with your resources. Please ensure you have a PDF reader which will be able to open the file. Simply print, cut, laminate and put up on your classroom wall. THIS IS AN INSTANT DOWNLOAD – your files will be available to access immediately after purchase. Visit my twitter or instagram pages at @SRPrimary for future updates and other resources.
I have to share this rockin' activity inspired by an awesome math teacher and blogger, To The Square Inch. In fourth grade, we learn about tenths and hundredths. It's a hard one for kids to get! Once we understand these place values, we turn them into fractions and put tenths on numberlines.... It's a lot. For students AND teacher.... Anyway, I saw this activity a few years ago on Pinterest and tweeked it for my kiddos since it originally had the students working with percents and fractions. It's now our "Hundredths Design Square". First, the students color a square hundredths model using four different colors. Then they count the colored squares and record each color as a decimal. After that, they turn it into a fraction. The kids LOVE IT! And it sure is fun! Check out these awesome designs!
Doubles Math Facts Freebie and end of the year packing up your classroom tips. Practice math facts doubles in kindergarten and first grade.
Teaching area and perimeter in your upper elementary math class? This blog post shares a collection of ideas for teaching area and perimeter!
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.
There's a good chance you have a pack of UNO cards at home or in your classroom. Here are 5 math games you can play with them.
There are SO MANY fun methods for teaching area and perimeter that keep students active, moving, and engaged; here are my favorites.
Slide/Flip/Turn hand projects on hallway bulletin board.
Have fun learning to subitize dot patterns to ten with our fast-to-prep, engaging math game. This printable card game is ideal for small group math rotations or center work. Students will play with a partner or small group to match numerals to the dots of their board, aiming for 5 in a row. What is subitizing When students can subitize, they are able to tell the number of objects in a set, instantly - they don't need to count each item. Most commonly, you can teach students to subitize with dots, ten frames and fingers. Subitizing Patterns - Standard and Non-Standard 'Standard' dot patter arrangements are those common patterns you see on dice, dominoes and math equipment. Learning to subitize non-standard arrangements is important too and will require your students being able to visualize the common or standard patterns and manipulating them in their mind. Work with the standard patterns first. Playing board games is often a child's first experience with dot patterns, those on a dice. Play lots of games and specially-made learning games, like this one of ours - 5 in a Row! Extend your learners - conceptual subitizing When your students are confident with the patterns of a particular activity (perceptual subitizing) we encourage you to teach conceptual subitizing. This is where 2 patterns are shown to a student and they can combine them (add them) instantly to know the total. Think of throwing a double 6 in a board game. They would know instantly that this is 12 if they are able to conceptually subitize. To encourage this in 5 in a Row, ask them to flip 2 cards, and find the total before covering the 2 numbers. They may need to count the total the first few times they play, but with repetition they will know the total of 2 cards, instantly. Play it over and over to give them this opportunity to develop. Our game 5 in a Row will help teach subitizing to ten with standard patterns. It is a perfect place to start your learners! Non-standard dot pattern arrangements We've also prepared something extra for you to extend your fastest learners - and it is FREE today! Roll and Cover is so easy to prep (just print the page). It will help teach subitizing of non-standard patterns for 1 to 6. Students roll a standard 6 sided die and place a counter over a matching number (non standard pattern). Playing this will help them bridge the gap between standard and non-standard patterns. Find it here in Google Drive: Roll and Cover Free Game From the Pond
Kindergarten Math Made Fun Unit 9 is here, and it's all about SHAPES! This hands-on, engaging and FUN unit will get kids excited about basic shapes! Not
Worksheets are a snoozefest...try this Super Fun Engaging Activity for ANY SUBJECT + a freebie!
Want a fun way to teach measurement that can be adapted for all students? Let me introduce MEASUREMENT TAG!
Here's a simple way to teacher less than, greater than: with toys! Free printable included.
Lesson plans, activities and ideas for kindergarten classrooms, including math problem-solving, reading workshop, writer's workshop, inquiry-based science journals, literacy centers and more!
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Measurement and time are usually short lived in my room! That is unfortunate, but it is true. We spend a LOT of time on number sense, addition, subtraction, and place value that I feel like these three first grade standards get short-changed: 1. Nonstandard measurement and comparing/ordering of lengths 2. Telling Time to the half […]
Looking for some fun middle school activities to incorporate in your math lessons? Trying to come up with fun ideas that fit your curriculum? Here are 20 great activities and project ideas! There are three main themes to the activities listed below: real life, food (perfect for those hungry pre-teens!), and creativity. The instructions for all activities can be easily modified for students in Grade 6, Grade 7, and Grade 8. If your child is home-schooled, or you are just looking for additional home learning tasks, then these activities are perfect for you! All of the materials can easily be found in your home.
Free homeschool art curriculum with famous artists, art history lessons, world culture, easy art techniques and a weekly online art lesson.
When you teach simple probability, it seems like you have to strike a balance between showing students how probability works and getting them to understand the math behind it. This topic lends itself to a
This is a fun project based learning activity where students build a playground to learn about area and perimeter.
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.
My students are always using and referring to different math tools during math centers. I created (and am sharing for free) individual math toolboxes.
