Free clock manipulatives for practicing telling time! We’ve been doing a lot of working on telling time lately. I was inspired by a few things I saw on Pinterest and got the idea to make individual circles that I could have the boys set up themselves. And even better, we could label the minutes until…
Human Body 3 Part Cards Free 3 Parts cards to practice identifying the parts of the human body. As I said last week, I have a very large human body unit planned for next year and I’m trying to get to get some materials ready now. I feel that 3 part cards are useful in…
Trucks were one of the first obsessions my kids had. Trucks and trains and anything else mechanical that moved. It’s only natural that they needed some transportation-themed rhyming materials. Truck Themed Rhyming Mats Combining a transportation theme with a lesson on rhymes was a hit with my kids. Teaching them to rhyme was a challenge each…
I am planning a huge human body unit next year so I’m getting some materials ready before then. Might be a few more human body themed posts in the near future. I thought these would be a fun introduction to a few organs. What’s included: Brain Lungs Heart Stomach Intestines Go Here to Download Human…
The boys are super into dinosaurs so I really wanted to impress on them how long ago dinosaurs lived, how long they lived for, and for how short a time humans have actually been on this earth. I really like the idea of timelines and had planned to make one for all the history of…
We’ve been practicing a LOT of addition facts. I’m of the belief that having memorized basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts simply makes life easier. But we don’t drill because that’s boring and not the most effective method. Nope, we don’t drill. We play games. Lots of games. Board games are popular with the…
Spring! Time of new beginnings! I love spring. I love the newness and the weather. Gardening and playing outside. Spring is just beautiful – even here in Arizona. Although it’s probably not a traditional spring here, it’s still lovely. So what’s in the pack? 30 Pages of No Prep Math Fun for First Grade!…
Admittedly, we don’t do a lot of number line stuff. I want the boys to be familiar with it, because having more tools when it comes to math is always better. But it hasn’t been the tool they’ve resonated with the most. So we just use it enough to keep up the skill. I thought…
We’ve done many “read the room” activities before but it’s always been with language arts activities. Perhaps I should have called this “math the room”. Either way, I thought it would be fun to graph the images we find around the room. It wouldn’t be necessary to find each and every image. The idea is…
Combining something your child enjoys with something they need to do for school is often a recipe for success. My kids love NERF guns. Incorporating NERF guns into their school has rarely gone awry and this activity was no different. The concept is simple – add two numbers together and shoot the answer! If your…
Place value is a big deal when it comes to explaining math concepts. And I especially love to illustrate new concepts with manipulatives. So why not make some shamrock place value manipulatives, right? There are so so so many ways to use these. We have a tendency to pull out manipulatives anytime we start to…
Yes, more make 10 practice! Of course you could easily change this game to practice any number. We’re starting with memorizing 10s and doubles and then will move onto 6-9. Don’t miss the rest of the St Patricks Day math activities! So typically in memory you are searching for matching cards. In this…