One day, shortly before Christmas, the hubs, Logi-Bear and I were shopping at Target. I don’t know know what happened, but when we got home Logi-Bear had a hexbug. We weren’t into Hexbugs before that. I kind of knew what they were but we just didn’t have them. Let’s just say, the boys LOVE the…
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…
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…
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…
This game is so utterly simple I daresay it’s almost brilliant. But it has been the most popular math activity we’ve ever done – with all three boys!!! I had to adjust a little to make it fit for all of them, but I’m more than willing to do that if it means we get…
I think I’ve spoken before about loving all the tools kids get these days for math, and doubles is definitely a favorite of mine. There’s really no trick about it, it’s just memorization. But it can really go far. If you can do doubles, you can easily figure out one up or one down. If…
I love a math activity that I can do with all the boys at the same time. But they’re all on completely different levels, so it doesn’t really happen often. Shamrock STOMP however is great math fact practice and they all get to work on their own level! Don’t miss the rest of the…
I LOVE St. Patricks Day. And totally for superficial reasons. Mostly because my maiden name is Erin Grady (descendents of O’Grady) and I feel a tie to Ireland. I’m not totally on board with the meaning of the holiday, but on a very superficial level, I love it. So we spend out time wearing green,…
Day 3 of my St Patricks Math series! I’m actually enjoying these math activities for a change!! I’ll admit, preparing fun and engaging math activities is more difficult than worksheets and straight up math. But I promise, it is totally worth it!! I’m constantly hearing “but when will I use this?” and “why is this…
The irony of my next sentence should not be missed – my kids hate worksheets. Anything on paper really. (The irony being that I make printable on paper!!). So I’ve decided to put a LOT more effort into making learning paperless – or as paperless as possible. So I’m going to do 17 days of…