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Flower Pots in the Math Classroom – A Fun Project for PreK-1

Flower Pots in the Math Classroom – A Fun Project for PreK-1

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This fun hands-on activity is a great way to reinforce counting and develop number sense in preschoolers, kindergartners, and first graders. It’s best done in small groups of 4-5 students. The video below goes over the directions in detail and offers ideas for differentiation. Click here for the pdf version. Materials Needed: • 4” Flower pots, 1/student • Blackboard spray paint • Colored chalk • Hairspray • Wiggly eyes, 6/student • Popsicle sticks, 4/student • Die cut flowers, 3/student •…

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Teaching Fractions Using Money

Teaching Fractions Using Money

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Learning about fractions, parts of a whole, can be tough for a lot of kids. Finding a variety of ways to teach fractions will give them opportunities to think about and make sense of fractions. Using coins as fractional values of a dollar can be fun way to reinforce fraction concepts. I included the front and back faces (obverse and reverse) of each coin. If showing two faces for each coin confuses your child/student, just remove one of them. At…

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Shape Search with Binoculars

Shape Search with Binoculars

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Too fun! My niece and nephew, ages 3 1/2 and 22 months, have been visiting these last few days from Maryland. So, of course, I took the opportunity to weave in some math. One of the activities involved searching for shapes. To do that, we needed to make binoculars. It was a super easy project that involved toilet paper rolls, yarn, a hole punch, glue, and lots and lots of bling. I had the toilet paper rolls already glued together…

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Math Medley Family Math Night

Math Medley Family Math Night

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Our second family math night kit, Math Medley, is filled with fun, hands-on activities and games that get kids to explore a variety of topics in math. From geometry to numbers to data analysis, kids will be engaged in doing and representing math in different ways. The kit is designed for grades K-5 and serves 120 students and their parents/caregivers. We have booster packs for larger schools! Check out our website for all the great information about this new kit.

Measuring and Estimating with the Summer Olympics 2012

Measuring and Estimating with the Summer Olympics 2012

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Have your kids been watching the summer Olympics? Are they itching to see how far they can jump or throw objects? In honor of the 2012 Summer Olympics, we’re going to give our kids a chance to compete in their own track and field events…and sneak in a little math while we’re at it! For each of the events below, use masking tape to indicate the starting line. Give kids an opportunity to practice each of the events before the…

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