Jigsaw puzzles are great educational tools. Not only are they fun but they can help develop your child’s reasoning and problem-solving skills. And, of course, there’s nothing like the sense of satisfaction kids feel when they place that final piece into their puzzle. In addition to using commercial puzzles, it’s a lot of fun to have your child make her own jigsaw puzzle. Use one of her drawings or coloring books pages or even an enlarged photo and glue it…
Here’s a great way to give students practice adding coins. Use the date as their target number and then have them come up with all the different combinations using pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. To turn this into a problem-solving activity, ask them to prove that they found all the combinations. A good way for students to learn how to organize their work is to have them use a table. At first, most kids fill in the table haphzardly which…
Sample pocket chart patterns:
Develop a strong algebraic foundation in your students as they use these unique pocket cards to analyze patterns and functions. CCSS: 2.OA.2; 2.NBT.2; 3.OA.1; 3.OA.3; 3.OA.4; 3.OA.7; 3.OA.9; 3.NBT.2; 4.OA.2; 4.OA.5; 5.OA.2; 5.OA.3; 5.G.1; 5.G.2
Three fun and creative ways to use dice to help kindergartners and first graders practice their addition and subtraction facts. CCSS: K.CC.2; K.OA.1; 1.OA.1; 1.OA.5; 1.OA.6 .