See how simple objects like tiles, stickers, rubber stamps, dice, and graph paper help teach students important concepts in number theory: factors, primes, composites, and square numbers…not to mention the great reinforcement of multiplication facts. Grades 2 – 5 To get the pdf version, click here. If you do any of these activities with your kids/students, let me know how it goes!
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The first in a series of elementary math videos: .
It was 6:45 a.m. this morning when I heard the pitter-patter of little feet on the floor. It was my 7-year old niece who was visiting for a few days. I was shocked to see her peek into my office that early in the morning; I’ve seen her sleep til 10. But today was the last day of her short visit and I’m guessing she didn’t want to miss out on anything. Ryan was up and fixing himself breakfast, John…
If we take the time to notice our surroundings, I think we may be surprised at just how much math we have in our every day environment. Take the photo to the left. It’s something most kids are familiar with. But do they know that it represents the multiplication problem 4 x 6. If they count the number of rows (4) and then multiply by the number of columns (6), they can quickly discover how many total eggs there are….