Here’s a super easy and yummy way to practice numeral writing. Non-cook peanut butter dough. The bonus is that kids get to make the recipe which is also a fun math activity! The recipe for the dough comes in two versions…the “regular” and the “healthy”. Click here for the recipes.
Fractions, or parts of a whole, have often been difficult for students to understand. This is often the result of rhymes such as “Mine is not to reason why, just invert and multiply”. But when we teach fractions this way, math become a set of mysterious rules and procedures that need to be memorized. But if we can show students why operations on fractions work the way they do, we take out the mystery of math. Then math begins to…
Here’s another fun idea to get your preschooler/kindergartner to practice their numeral writing skills. Shaving cream! Best if done in the tub where clean-up is easy. Also, add a drop or two of food coloring to make it even more fun. Although, if your tub walls have grout lines, I recommend not using the coloring as it can stain the grout. Extension: Have them draw different shapes.
Here’s an easy activity to help your kindergartner practice her numeral writing skills. Simply fill a cookie tray with enough salt to cover the bottom and let your child work on writing the numerals. After each one, gently shake the tray and it’s ready for her to write a new one. Add glitter to the salt to make it more fun!
Here’s a super easy and fun activity to have your kindergartner or First grader practice while you are busy cooking dinner. You just need some round magnets (these are colored, but plain work, as well), a large paper cut out domino, and sample smaller dominoes. Just type’ dominoes’ into your browser to get samples you can cut out. Tape the large and small dominoes to the fridge. Then let your child use the magnets to create their own dominoes. They’ll…