Math Expressions

Well first off my little bloggy venture with Ffion from The First Grade Jungle is up! Please go check it out and enter in our giveaway! We are super excited about it! Second, since I have been absent for sometime now I figured I would catch you up and unload everything I have been storing on my camera. This means picture overload! Sorry. Generating Questions before reading (inspired by The Inspired Apple) Character Glove thanks to inspiration from Debbie Diller. I use this during small group…

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Make Ten... A fun and easy card game for kids that reinforces math concepts and uses a regular deck of playing cards. Free printable play mat included!

Addition and subtraction words

Kids are going to have a blast practicing subtraction with this math games for Toddler, Preschool, and Kindergarten age kids using playdough. Playdough Subtraction Activity for Kids I love fun, hands on math idea! This fantastic Playdough Subtraction Smash from Mama Papa Buba is such a fun, creative way to teach kids about subtraction! Make […]

Last week we learned about 2D (Flat) and 3D (Solid) figures in my classroom. I am teaching the new Common Core Math this year and loving it!!! All week we did hands on activities to learn how to identify flat and solid figures. Monday we did a paper bag activity. I put flat and solid figures into a paper bag and each child had to reach into the bag, feel the figure and identify the figure as a flat or solid. After the figure was identified the student pulled the figure out of the bag for the…

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Dump It! for combinations of 10

This set has six hands-on centers for teen numbers in kindergarten. Great activities for math stations!

Creating a Thoughtful Classroom: FREEBIE- Tens and Ones Song!

Tweet What an exciting week for back to school! A few weeks ago, I wrote about making magnetic counting strips and using paper clips to do a variety of early numeracy activities. That post has been super popular and shared many, many times! As I continue to revisit ideas from Teach Like a Pirate my creativity has been great and I have really been trying to think outside the box. Today I want to share with you how I have taken the same sticks and gone to the next level for mathematical…

Happy Saturday! I know this is going to sound cliche and all, but seriously….where did the summer go?! August is only a couple of days away and most of my teacher friends are starting school either this coming week or the next. Oh summer…we loved you so!!!! Now it’s upward and onward and we’re getting …

Students need a wide variety of concrete experiences composing and decomposing numbers to provide ongoing practice throughout the year.

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