Please click the thumbnail to download the activity for use in your classroom! Grade 1 – Activities on Fractions – Matching Fractions Grade 2 – Activities on Fractions – Working with Fractions Grade 3 – Activities on Fractions – Fraction Fill Up Grade 4 – Activities on Fractions – Finding Fractions Game (calculating unit fractions) […]
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All ancient civilizations wrestled with time and breaking the day into parts. The Romans used sundials borrowed from the Egyptians and split the daylight hours into 12 parts. The choice of 12 allowed them to work with halves, quarters, thirds, sixths, and twelfths. This convention is, of course, still in use today. Work with minutes […]
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For children, play is a natural way to explore life and enjoy laughter. The playground or park is a perfect place for that! And most children will not realize they are doing early childhood math while they are playing. To view the blog post related to this resource, please click here: Early Childhood Math—In Their Own World: […]
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Once children have done many concrete and pictorial activities to understand the count-on strategy, you can move to the Reinforce stage of the learning progression. In the Reinforce stage, children start to link their concrete and pictorial understanding to an abstract and symbolic representation. To view the blog post related to this resource, please click […]
READ MOREEarly Childhood Math: Number and Object Cards
Children have a natural love for learning and exploring in their daily lives. Did you know one of the best places to support this enthusiasm is riding in a car or in public transportation? Here are some fun, easy-to-do activities that will both brighten your day and the child’s through enjoying math in the car. […]
READ MOREEarly Childhood Math: 3D Words
They can take the simplest task and turn it into a grand opportunity. This is especially true in the grocery store! Here are some fun, easy-to-do activities that will brighten yours and the child’s day through mathematical explorations – in their own world. To view the blog post related to this resource, please click here: In […]
READ MOREReinforce Game Board for the Make-Ten Strategy
To view the blog post related to this resource, please click here: Build a “Mind Picture” for the Make-Ten Addition Strategy” To download the resource, simply click on the image below!
READ MORETake or Tally Game Board
To view the subtraction strategies blog post related to this game resource, please click here: Making Subtraction Efficient – Just Think Addition! To download the resource, simply click on the image below!
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Problem-solving is an important part of mathematics teaching and learning. It’s also a term which is used in many different ways in mathematics classrooms. We have word problems, rich tasks, applications of mathematics, and many others which fall under this broad umbrella. Which one is “just right” depends on our instructional purpose. What is our […]
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The use-tens strategy highlights that 5 is half of 10, so the product of a fives fact will be half of the product of a related tens fact. This strategy enables the students to easily figure out facts beyond the range of the basic facts. Introduce this strategy by using cards like the one shown […]
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