A terrific round up of 15 toddler math activities perfect for introducing concepts like sorting, number recognition and patterning to early learners.
Sorting by attributes is a big fundamental skills taught in every early childhood classroom. Classifying and sorting is a unit that starts off math instruction for the school year. However, things like classroom management, getting to know your learners and other back to school craziness can take priority during the beginning of the school year.
These free LEGO Printables for Colors and Patterns are perfect for preschoolers to learn important skills such as classifying, sorting, and patterning!
Are you looking for super fun measurement worksheets and activities for kindergarten?? You found them!! Your students will LOVE these hands-on learning activities and fun, extra practice worksheets that teach a variety of kindergarten measurement concepts.
Free worksheets for identifying and sorting shapes by a variety of attributes including; color, size, shape, thickness and more. Great for early learning math skills.
Reindeer Shape Sorting Matching Activity Puzzle for toddlers, kids and preschoolers or homeschoolers. A nice way to relate Reindeers and Shapes. A fun math activity which kids will LOVE.
Engage your students in practicing sorting by attributes and patterns with these fun worksheets! Students will sort by shape, size, and kind. Students will identify types of patterns, color by type of pattern, finish patterns, and identify missing parts of patterns.Save BIG with the Kindergarten Mat...
Pattern activities are used to teach kids the math skills of identifying and creating patterns. Keep kids engaged and having fun as they learn.
If you love mini erasers as much as I do, you will love all these great hands-on mini eraser activities and printables! Practice sorting, counting, addition, patterns and more with these simple activities. And it gives a great reason to check out the Dollar Spot at Target to see what the latest erasers are!
We made our Polygon Creatures in math today! It was too fun! And most importantly, the kids were able to tell me exactly what a polygon was once they were done with their creations. :) Here's how a few turned out: Click the template below to grab a free copy of this activity! Next week, we will be doing our name patterns activity (idea from Saxon Math). The students will repeatedly write their names on a grid and color each letter a different color. When they are done, a pattern appears! Here's an example of the finished product: Click the image below to download the free Name Pattern template!
Kids will love to play with these counting bears printable pattern for pretend play, patterns, sorting, counting and more. These bears are a must have for every homeschool or busy bag collection. This freebie contains follow the pattern printable cards and complete the pattern printable cards. They coordinate perfectly with these bears and your kids will love the games.
Reinforce sorting skills with these hands-on math centers. Sort by rules, and use different materials with these kindergarten sorting activities.
Sensory Leaves Math Activity Set: Includes 36 leaf-shaped counters, 10 double-sided activity cards, and an activity guide for pattern play and math skills Made from Recycled Plastic: Components are made from certified 100% post-consumer recycled plastic for eco-friendly fun Pattern Block Cards Develop Math Skills: Teacher-developed activity cards introduce early math skills and suggest related nature activities Engaging Kindergarten Learning Activities: Set includes 10 double-sided activity cards that are educational and fun for young learners Sorting and Tactile Learning Toy: Leaves have different shapes, sizes, and colors for sorting, counting, and exploring tactile learning
These hands-on pattern activities for kindergarten are a great way to bring engaging pattern practice to math centers, morning work time, and more!
Reinforce sorting skills with these hands-on math centers. Sort by rules, and use different materials with these kindergarten sorting activities.
Monster themed big and small sorting activities to work on visual discrimination and sequencing in preschool and kindergarten math.
Create color patterns with free skittles pattern cards. 12 easy to use printable patterning cards for preschool and kindergarten.
In an effort to stay more up to date (oops!) I am uploading my latest unit of Algebra pages. I LOVE LOVE LOVE sequences! That was definitely not the case during the first year that I taught them, but it is now! We started doing Mathalicious' iPod Depreciation problem. Again, my love for Mathalicious continues to grow! I wanted my students thinking critically about the differences and similarities of linear and exponential functions. There were some awesome debates and lots of wonderful math happening during this problem. Again, just like in this post, since Mathalicious is a subscription site I covered up the math :( Awesome activity and awesome site! The next day we used two situations (one linear and one exponential) to talk about how closely related sequences and functions are. We completed these notebook pages. the arithmetic side flipped open. the geometric side flipped open. Today we came back and completed three more problems, then did a card sorting activity. After the students had correctly sorted their cards, they stapled their little packets together and taped the whole thing into their notebook. This card sorting activity worked wonderfully!! There was one recursive arithmetic, one explicit arithmetic, one recursive geometric, and one explicit geometric. I had many students say this made a world of difference for them. They understood what represented terms, when they were and were not allowed to plug in n-values, and how to recognize the differences between types of sequences. I was little hesitant to do the sorting activity and am SO glad I did! Lots of great math discussion!! Your copies in case you want them below...
Reinforce sorting skills with these hands-on math centers. Sort by rules, and use different materials with these kindergarten sorting activities.
These pattern printables will help your students practice making patterns for math. Keep reading for pattern grids printables and sticker pattern
Start with the basics like letters, numbers, feelings, and following directions with these simple but engaging back to school butcher paper activities for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten students.
I know I seem to say this about every math concept I blog about but I LOVE FRACTIONS. Well, the first grade version of fractions :) ...
LEGO is by far one of the favorite toys of children of all ages and genders. My kids enjoy building with them and I’m sure yours do to. But did you also know that they are an amazing learning tool? We use them all the time as a math manipulative and in our reading and […]
Sometimes science and math flow so well together! At least that was the case today. We moved straight from making groups of tens and ones into our science skill of sorting objects in a variety of ways. If you don't know by now, I LOVE introducing concepts with the combination of an anchor chart and book! This little cutie was inspired by Cara. If you've never heard of this book, it is a fabulous way to introduce the concept of sorting. The little mouse has a lot of "junk" and sorts it all out based on how things are alike. It leads the kids into guessing the sorting rule with its rhyming structure. They loved it! I put together 4 buckets and let each group decide the best way to sort their objects. Easy, quick, and simple lesson DONE!
Halloween is just around the corner and this year, I'm SOOO happy it falls on a FRIDAY! Can I get an AMEN?! The day after Halloween is always a candy-como conundrum for me. What do I do with these sleep-deprived, sugar overdosed "zombies"? This year, teachers around the nation WON'T have that problem! Woot-woot! But, let's be real, Halloween on a Friday is a recipe for craziness! Hyped friends wanting to talk about candy and costumes. I've tried combating craziness with candy and it works, people! This is my answer to the question "How in the world am I going to get those sweeties to stay focused during math?" {Click on image to purchase or go here} This fun pack only requires candy-crazed kiddos (PreK-2nd) and a FUN size bag of M&M's. I always start with reading BEFORE I pass out the chocolately goodness. This just helps me work in a bit of literacy to my math time, but still keeps the anticipation high! For my particular class (last year), we focused on 1.) color identification: they read color words before using crayons to color, 2.) sorting: opened up bag and sorted M&Ms into colored circles, 3.) counting: counted each M&M in each colored circle, & 4.) graphing: using M&M Sort page, they filled in M&M Math graph (Color & Sort) (Fill in graph using M&M Sort information) (Touch counting to insure accuracy) * Her Orange looks Brown, but it's Orange.* (#Cameralightingstinks) Not going to lie, we "lost" a few M&M's in the process. Some fell on the floor, others were eaten by inpatient pals. After we discussed our individual graph results, each friend went on to make patterns using these fun sheets. And then I FINALLY gave in to their requests to have "just ONE!" and let those lovies eat their first treats of Halloween! And boy was it worth it... happy kids and math instruction/time block complete! I'll consider that a success. Math M&M Monster Pack includes: (purchase here) M&M Sort: Color and Sort M&M Math: Graph (create and read) Monsters Want More: Graph analysis, Writing Numerals, Comparing Values, and Color Words (2) Add the M&M’s: Sort, Count, Write Numerals, Color Words, and Addition M&M’s Patterns: Create and Color Patterns (AB, AAB, AABB, and ABC) Monster M&M Match game: Ten frame (1-30) and Number Identification (1-30) I would have LOVED to work in this fun game, but we ran out of time. Here's to a candy-crazed Halloween and restful weekend for you since those sweet babes have 2 whole days to get the candy out of their system before you have to teach/manage!
Get 25 FREE bear counter pattern strips for preschoolers!
Using transportation themed math vehicle counters to count, sort, and make patterns in preschool
Our new printable teaching packet will help your teach your little-ones to recognize, construct, analyze and predict growing patterns. Growing patterns increase or decrease in predictable and describable ways. You will need standard wooden pattern blocks to create these patterns. Encourage your students to talk about their patterns. Encourage them to use numbers to describe the patterns and how they change. The cards start with some simple patterns and increase in complexity - giving students a chance to make 48 different patterns. You can find these printable activity cards, over in our TpT store: These are the pattern block we use (affiliate link):
Free, fun and useful Kindergarten - 1st Grade, Common Core aligned lesson plans, math games, calendars, behavior charts, materials and more!
Well, with the new school year well underway I am delighted to be working with 7 classes of students at Charlie Lake School again this year. I am fortunate to have a room to base my math lessons in…
Share these fun preschool shape sorting mats with early learners! Great for morning tubs and math centers too!
Read this post to find out some fun ideas for marshmallow math for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten students! Have fun while learning!
Looking for ideas on how to use loose parts to teach early childhood math concepts? This blog post has 23 engaging activities and ideas you can use in your classroom.
Hi guys! Today I wanted to share with you my favourite lessons and resources for teaching sorting in Kindergarten! LESSONS: First of all here are my plans for sorting: You can click on the image above to download the plans in PDF for easy printing! On Day 1, I introduce our learning goal for sorting and define sorting: Then we practice sorting by colour! I prepare a bag of items and have the students sort them into hoola hoops. After the lesson I transferred them onto canvas to display as part of our sorting resource wall. I happened to have these canvases lying around but I know canvas is expensive so if you don't have canvases I would just use cardboard cut to size! On Day 2, we reviewed the learning goal and then practice sorting by shape. We sorted the shape buttons as a group and then transferred them onto the canvases again to put on our sorting wall. On Day 3, we reviewed the learning goal and then practiced sorting by size. We sorted these pom poms by size and then transferred them onto the canvases again to put on our sorting wall. On Day 4, we introduced how we can sort in a variety of ways (not just colour, shape and size). We read the book "Sort It Out" by Barbara Mariconda and talked about all the ways Packy (the mouse in the story) sorted his stuff. On Day 5, we reviewed the learning goal and talked about why we learn to sort and when we use this skill in our life. We talked about how we sort items in our classroom to help us find things easier and how things are sorted in the grocery store to help us find what we want easier too. At the end of our unit our sorting reference wall looks like this: When students sort items and can tell me their sorting rule, I take a picture and put it as an example under "I can sort things and say my sorting rule." CENTRES: And here are some of the centres that we put out for the students to explore sorting: 1. SORTING BUTTONS Student make a sorting rule and sort them into the fruit cup containers. I add tweezers for extra fine motor practice! 2. SORTING BEADS I have the students sort the beads by colour. I add the tongs for extra fine motor practice! And if they use their finger, the small beads encourages them to use a pincer grip. 3. SORTING POM POMS Sorting is awesome because you can literally sort anything! I love this bag of pom poms because there are different sizes. This way the kids can sort by size or colour! 4. SORTING LETTERS I spread my home made tactile letters out around a bin of magnetic letters and encouraged the students to sort by letter. An easy way to integrate literacy and math :) 5. SORTING NUMBERS Then I did the same thing with number magnets! 6. SORTING COUNTING BEARS When we first start sorting I put these sorting mats out to give those kids that need it more support. 7. SORTING PATTERN BLOCKS I have these mats as well that asks the students to sort the pattern blocks by shape too! You can find both mats (and many more) by clicking here. 8. SORTING A VARIETY OF MATERIALS After the students are familiar with sorting I start to set out multiple materials at a sorting centre and have the kids come up with different ways that they can sort the items! Here is an example: SMARTBOARD: And here are some of my favourite interactive sorting games that you can put on your SMARTBoard! My kids always love Fuzz Bugs! This game works on sorting by colour and other math skills like 1:1 correspondance and working on math vocabulary like most and least. This and That Sort It Shop is another great one because it practices sorting by a variety of rules such as short vs. tall or 4 legs vs. 2 legs (as pictured above). Flo & Zo Sort It Out! has sorting by colour, shape, pattern etc! iPAD APPS: Here are also some apps that you can put on your iPad to give students with more practice with sorting at centre time! You can find them all in the App Store! I hope you are able to use some of these ideas/resources in your classroom! What is your favourite activity or resource for teaching sorting? Talk to you soon! - Yukari Added 08.10.20: You can find my updated lesson plans for sorting and all of my sorting mats here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sorting-for-Kindergarten-Lesson-Plans-Hands-on-Centres-1448204 or by clicking on the images below: And I also now have a digital version! You can find these Google Slides here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Digital-Math-for-Kindergarten-Sorting-Google-Slides-6190392 or by clicking on the images below:
Kids absolutely love these snap cube number and pattern activity cards! They are such a great idea to use to help teach numbers and patterns, as well as gross motor skills. Snap cubes make an excellent addition to all centers, and are fantastic boredom busters!
Looking for tips and ideas for teaching kids about patterns? Books and videos are great tools to teach the basic concept of how repeating sets of objects creates a pattern. Check out this great list!
When we talk about skip counting with our kids, we explain how the numbers “grow”. Before we get too deep into “growing numbers”, we illustrate this concept by talking about growing patterns. Since my kids were having a little trouble understanding the difference between growing and repeating, we practiced the concept every morning {quickly} during …
Our new printable teaching packet will help your teach your little-ones to recognize, construct, analyze and predict growing patterns. Growing patterns increase or decrease in predictable and describable ways. You will need standard wooden pattern blocks to create these patterns. Encourage your students to talk about their patterns. Encourage them to use numbers to describe the patterns and how they change. The cards start with some simple patterns and increase in complexity - giving students a chance to make 48 different patterns. You can find these printable activity cards, over in our TpT store: These are the pattern block we use (affiliate link):
