Simple way to reinforce addition and subtraction facts while enjoying the season!  
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Friday I attended the Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning conference and I was blown away by the amount of information available.  I already use computers and our i-pad in the classroom but it was wonderful to learn of other applications and uses to reinforce and help my students learn.  Fortunately I have...
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Getting ready for the fun of Valentine’s Day!  Kids love exchanging cards and having a celebration of friendship!  Check out the 4 different coloring sheets and the one addition with regrouping sheet!
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  A Snow Day inspired this! This is to reinforce addition with regrouping in a fun way!
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I am always looking for ways to make math fun yet meaningful.   Fact families are always a challenge for kids.  Until they “see” the relationships of the numbers, each equation is a new problem. I set out the challenge that they were detectives and had to find the one number that didn’t belong.  It...
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Using ordinary playing card to help your students master their addition facts.  The deck of cards is placed between the players. Each player turns over 2 card on their turn, adds up the cards* and puts a bingo chip on the sum.  When a player has 3 chips in a row the game is...
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    This activity received 2 thumbs up from my students!  I call it “Spill the Beans” because they spill the beans on the table or floor starting with 5 beans. The beans are dry Lima beans that I spray painted one side.  When they are spilled onto the table they land on the...
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Chester the Clown. I am starting a unit on the circus to incorporate geometry in a different way.  Before school started I sent out a puzzle for my students to assemble of this circus scene to give them a clue about what we would be studying. This week I’m giving them the Chester the...
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I was going to fill the dots counting by 4 (for every 4 years for a leap year) but my teaching partner thought to use it also for some of her students that need reinforcing counting by 2′s.  So I left it blank so you can use it for counting, the alphabet or whatever...
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Frogs are a natural to explain “leaping” forward a day to children. You can incorporate frog games, snacks or coloring sheets to make the day stand out. Playing leap frog with a group would be fun and you can extend it into a math activity.  Measure how far everyone can hop then it can...
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