Computers and computer science are an ever-increasing part of our world. Computational thinking is foundational to these fields; it also supports mathematical process and practice standards. Use the activities below in your classroom to reinforce computational thinking through patterns. For more information on the webinar connected to this activity, please click here: Computational Thinking to Strengthen […]
READ MOREGames and Activities Book
Let them play to learn! In the classroom or at home ORIGO Education has just the thing to keep learners engaged. All of our print and interactive digital supplemental resources help your students improve their math knowledge, skills, and abilities. Download our FREE games and activities book and discover the joy of math.
READ MOREThe 5 Proven Coaching Strategies to Support Mathematics Educators
Helping educators create meaningful learning experiences is at the core of an ORIGO Education coaching program. It’s another step to ensure happy-to-learn Pre-K through Grade 6 thinkers at your school. See if your mathematics coaching program supports your educators where and when they need it. Click the checklist below. Let’s Strengthen Your Teaching and Learning […]
READ MOREFive Influencers of Learning Infographic
Research impacts everything we do at ORIGO Education. Discover how John Hattie’s groundbreaking study on Visible Learning has driven the shift from learning skills to students understanding mathematics conceptually. To read John Hattie’s groundbreaking study on Visible Learning, please click here: The Research Behind ORIGO Products: Visible Learning To download the Five Influencers of Learning […]
READ MOREThe Sieve of Eratosthenes Activity
Eratosthenes (air-uh-taws-thuh-neez) was an ancient Greek mathematician who wrote steps to find prime numbers. This process is called the Sieve of Eratosthenes and the free resource activity link below demonstrates how to find prime numbers. For more information on the webinar connected to this activity, please click here: Meet the Mathematicians: Who Are the Famous People […]
READ MOREMaking Mathematics Enjoyable Activity
Games engage students to help them enjoy math as they learn. But there are many other activities that don’t involve winners and losers that serve to win the hearts — and therefore minds — of young learners. To view the blog post related to this resource, please click here: Win Their Hearts to Win Their Minds To […]
READ MOREFencing the Circle Game (Pi Day Activity)
Let’s celebrate Pi Day with our fun, interactive ‘Fencing the Circle’ Game! This fun, downloadable resource encourages students to explore the relationship between the circumference and diameter of a circle, whilst using their knowledge of addition and division strategies to learn about ratio and rational numbers.
READ MOREFocus on Fractions Activities Grades 1–6
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) […]
READ MOREFraction Circles
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 […]
READ MOREPositional Language Cards
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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