Math → Royal Baloo

Make a Snowman Winter Multiplication and Addition Game

ByErin January 2, 2017January 4, 2020

Winter is a time of enjoying the snow, hot chocolate, sitting in front of the fire, etc. It’s also a time for being stuck inside with kids who don’t know how to burn off energy in non-destructive ways. I’ve found that games, even non-moving games, are the key to our sanity. Games for fun, games…

Winter SuDoKu for Math Puzzle Fun

ByErin December 23, 2016January 4, 2020

Winter is upon us and that means new toothbrushes! Sorry, that might not have made sense to you. We switch out toothbrushes every time the seasons change. It’s a simple reminder and keeps our toothbrushes fresh every 3 months. So when someone told me “Happy Winter” my first thought was ‘new toothbrushes’! Silly, right? That’s…

Snowflake Code Breaker with Multiplication

ByErin December 19, 2016January 12, 2020

There was a point in which none of my children could read and my husband and I could pass notes to each other to keep secrets. Then Baloo learned how to read and he and I would exchange written secrets. Now, all three boys are reading (nearly, at least) and we cannot use that tactic. …

Winter Number Line for Chilly Math Fun

ByErin December 18, 2016January 4, 2020

It’s getting cold (or maybe it is where you are, here it’s just been getting pleasant). And that means it’s time for winter fun. Winter is still exciting at this point! Not many people are sick and tired of the snow and cold. It’s already time to start capitalizing on the excitement that comes with…

Star Wars Addition and Multiplication Fact Game

ByErin December 16, 2016May 13, 2023

The new Star Wars is out and my kids are so excited! I’m sure they’re not the only ones. We’ve also made our goal for December to finish memorizing our math facts! Thus, the Star Wars math game just had to be made! It’s a fairly simple game yet a lot of fun. I hope…

Star Wars Addition Mats for Math Fun

ByErin December 15, 2016January 4, 2020

When I heard the new Star Wars movie was going to be out this week I knew it was time to take advantage of their love for Star Wars. Star Wars math? Check! Star Wars writing? You bet. And maybe when we’re done we will see a Star Wars movie! This is a kind of…

Detective Math with Invisible Ink

ByErin December 14, 2016January 4, 2020

Have you ever seen the way a kids eyes light up when you ask them to be a detective? I’ll admit, I use this technique much too often. It’s losing it’s steam. But when something is lost (especially if it’s something of mine…) we all become detectives. We go all out and get on our…

No Prep Christmas Addition Pack

ByErin December 14, 2016January 4, 2020

Holidays are stressful. Not bad stressful, but stressful none the less. I don’t know about you, but when I feel stressed, nothing gets done. And that’s all fine and dandy unless you’re responsible for teaching children! A few off days are okay but I cannot just ditch the entire month of December. We’ve discussed Christmas…

Christmas Tree Addition Mazes for Fun Addition Practice

ByErin December 11, 2016January 4, 2020

Christmas time means busy, busy, busy – right? Is it just me? We don’t even start shopping for presents until later in the month but we are just busy. There are so many events and exciting things in December. We always end up slacking off school a bit in December and we do “Christmas school”…

Christmas Addition Mats (and Subtraction too!)

ByErin December 9, 2016January 4, 2020

We love making math hands on and the counting mats have been such a hit! Now that we’re working with larger numbers, I wanted to make a version of the counting mats with two 10-frames! We need to practice counting all the way to 20! And thus, the addition mats were made. They can also…

Missing Addend Addition with LEGO

ByErin December 6, 2016January 4, 2020

We hit a wall in math. It happens – walls, I mean. There are some subjects that you just hit a wall (mine was chemistry in school). But what I’ve learned since becoming a homeschooler, is that there are ways around every wall. Up, down, around, through – there are many many ways to break…

Christmas Find and Dot the Sums

ByErin December 2, 2016January 4, 2020

Do you ever take a break to focus on one subject? We’re taken a break right now to focus on memorizing math facts. It’s been something we’ve worked on but right now we are focused on that. The holidays tend to mean less learning anyhow, so I thought I’d make a more manageable goal for…