Homeschool Math Resources

Ready to help your kids learn math at home? These printables and learning resources can make math learning fun!

There are math printables, math curriculum reviews, and math activities below to help your preschool to middle school kids enjoy learning how to add, subtract, multiply, divide, and more!

Sunflower Playdough Making Ten Math Center

May 24, 2022 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Summer is here! And that means sunshine, sunscreen, and sunflowers!

When you’re thinking about back to school, a common theme is apples, which I love to use as well.

But many of us go back to school long before apple season. (Our district goes back during the last week of July.)

So if you’re looking for a simple early math center to get kids engaged during those early weeks, this sunflower making ten playdough math center is a great fit for first grade!

Any time I can make a resource hands-on, I jump at the chance.

And because you can use this with several kinds of manipulatives, it’s versatile. Which is great if you’re still trying to get your classroom supplies sorted at the start of the year.

Read on to see how to get your copy of this resource – free!

And, for more fun in the sun, take a look at our simple Coffee Filter Crab Craft!

Use playdough to add up to ten with this sunflower themed playdough math center!

Sunflower Making Ten Playdough Math Center

To use this early math center, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links are used below. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

Making Ten Playdough Math Center for Early Elementary

This resource includes ten sunflower addition circle cards – each displays a pair of numbers that equal a sum of 10.

There are also ten yellow ten frames inside.

You can print the resource with regular printer paper if you’re only planning to use it once.

But if you intend to reuse it (like most of us teachers do), laminate the cards and ten frames before you cut them out.

How to Use The Making Ten Playdough Math Center

When you’re ready to begin this activity, ask your class about how we add numbers to make ten. If they’ve never done it before, have them hold up all ten fingers.

Walk them through adding a couple of different numbers to make ten.

For example, you could say: “Hold up all ten fingers. We’re going to count out three together. As we count each one, put that finger down. 1-2-3.”

They should have seven fingers still extended. Use this to show that 3+7 = 10. Repeat with a few other combinations.

Now you can demonstrate the activity.

At the center, put down an addition circle card and a ten frame. Use two different colors of playdough.

Make enough playdough balls to represent the first numeral. Then use the second color to make playdough balls that represent the second numeral.

Making Ten Math Center for Early Elementary

Show students how to count each group and then add them all up to make ten.

If you don’t have playdough, you can use just about any math manipulative you can think of.

Coins, buttons, stickers, math counters – even LEGO blocks or drawing circles with dry erase markers would work well.

Scroll down to get your copy of this Sunflower Making Ten Math Center!

Take a look at these other early math activities for centers!

Help early learners recognize plane shapes with this fun ice cream kindergarten shape sorting activity!

This printable cupcake themed Spanish number word matching activity is a perfect fit for math centers!

This apple counting to ten math center for kindergarten is an excellent way to welcome students back to school with fun counting practice!

Sunflower Playdough Making Ten Math Center

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3 Tips for Prepping Math Centers – Fast!

August 31, 2021 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Duck Brand. All opinions are 100% mine.

Math centers. Once they’re organized and ready to go, they’re awesome – especially for primary grades.

Kids can rotate from station to station, completing hands-on learning activities and getting some practice for concepts you’ve gone over in class.

It’s the prepping part that is…a challenge.

If you’re looking for some tips on how to prep a math center faster, here are three suggestions that have been working for me.

Even better, one of my math center prep hacks makes it easy to clean activities in between groups of students. Which is super important, especially these days.

Read on to read my math center prep tips! And, for more fun math activities for early grades, take a look at my list of printable counting puzzles!

Three Tips for How to Prep a Math Center – Fast!

1. Choose the activities you plan to include before you print.

This is a mistake I’ve made all too often. I love the center and the activities in it, so I think “I’ll use all of these!” and I print the entire thing.

Reality: I never end up using everything. Never.

There are a couple of activities that are a big hit and those are the ones the kids want to do again and again. Huge waste of time (and ink!)

Scroll through the center to find the worksheets or activities that will be a good fit for your students.

Write down the page numbers for printing those specific pages. Then start printing what you need.

2. Gather up the manipulatives and tools you’ll need for each activity.

Math center activities for early grades usually include different kinds of tools and movable pieces.

I find it best to get all of these items together before I start preparing the center itself.

When I’m prepping center activities, I tend to use hook and loop sticky dots, scissors, and O rings.

The activities are designed for use with dry erase markers (or crayons), transparent spinners, and clothespins, among other manipulatives.

So I put all of the tools I need to prep the center in one group and the tools students will need to use the center in another.

Then I’m not running back and forth to my desk when I need to switch from assembling one activity to another.

And I already have the items students will use for the center in one place too. That makes it much easier to organize each activity as I go along.

3. Use clear laminate to cover each activity or worksheet page.

But my absolute favorite tip for how to prep a math center is to use clear laminate to cover every activity.

Personally, I’m partial to the Smooth Top® EasyLiner® from Duck Brand.

Clear laminate works just like the laminating sheets in your laminator.

The advantage is that you don’t have to wait for the laminator to heat up (which seems to take forever).

And, you don’t have to wait in line to use the machine (which also seems to take forever).

EasyLiner® also comes with helpful gridlines that make measuring the right amount a snap!

I just roll out several inches of the clear laminate – gridlines facing up.

Then I lay the activity page on top. The edge of the page is my measuring line.

Cut the length of clear laminate you need.

The gridlines side is the removable piece you’ll need to peel off. I find it best to snip a tiny corner off.

Then it’s easier to peel the backing off in one piece, which avoids leaving crease marks on the laminate.

Lay the laminate down, sticky side up. Then place the activity directly on top, face down.

Flip the page over, add a second sheet to cover the back (if needed), smooth it out, and you’re done!

All that’s left now is to cut out any activity pieces and add other items (such as the sticky dots you see above).

Removable Adhesive EasyLiner has another advantage: It wipes clean.

So, if you need to sanitize your math center activities in between groups, you can use cleaning wipes on the pages with no problem.

I love clear laminate for making dry erase activities in my centers.

With it, I can turn any printable worksheet into a reusable center activity.

When the pages are covered with clear laminate, I can let students use dry erase markers or dry erase crayons.

Then just use a napkin (or a napkin plus water for wet erase markers) and we’re good to go for the next group!

Watch me cover a math center activity with clear laminate below!

I hope these tips for how to prep a math center faster have been of help to you.

If you use any in your classroom, let me know which ones worked!

See more of my apple-themed math center activities for early grades below!

Apple Time! First Grade Telling Time Math Center

July 20, 2021 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Learning to tell time is still an important concept for early elementary students.

Our devices show us the time on demand, but kids still need to understand length of time, elapsed time, and how to count the way time passes.

Which means learning to relate analog time to digital clock numbers is still necessary.

So I’m sharing an apple-themed telling time math center that makes teaching this concept fun and hands-on for first graders!

Fun Apple Telling Time Math Center for First Grade

This math center is loaded with active ways to reinforce understanding of both analog and digital time!

Read on to see how to get your copy.

For more apple-themed math practice, take a look at our Apple Shapes Early Geometry Lesson too!

Teach first graders how to tell time to the hour and half hour with this apple themed telling time math center!

Apple Time! Telling Time Math Center for First Grade

To use this first grade telling time math center with your students, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

Printer (with ink)
Printer paper
Cardstock (useful for the learning cards and clip cards)
Transparent spinners
Hook and loop sticky dots
Clothespins
Laminator (optional)

This 55-page early elementary math center features several hands-on telling time activities for first grade.

Apple Spin and Color Telling Time Activity

The two-page spin and color analog clock activity is awesome for practicing telling time to the hour and half hour.

The circle the digital time activity helps students relate analog time to digital clock numbers.

The two-page write the digital time activity gives them a chance to practice writing time correctly.

Apple Analog and Digital Telling Time Math Center

A full line art version of each activity is included.

Use the enclosed answer key to make grading a snap!

Along with the reinforcement activities, this center includes telling time clip cards.

These allow students to practice matching the correct digital clock to the given analog clock time.

There’s also a set of time to the hour and time to the half hour flashcards.

And a set of learning cards that allow students to look at the given analog time and find the correct digital time card to match!

How to Use a Telling Time Math Center with Students

Once you have this telling time center printed, it’s time to start using it with students!

For the spin and color activity, simply hand out each page to the students and let them use spinners and crayons to mark off each time they find.

Since one worksheet features time to the hour and the second time to the half hour, you can save the half-hour activity until your students are ready to practice that concept.

Get a look at this activity in the video below!

When you’re ready to use the clip cards, print them (on cardstock, if possible) and then cut them out. You may want to laminate them for durability as well.

These are perfect for use with small groups. Just add clothespins!

For the learning cards, assemble the flashcards and place them on a ring for students to use until they’re comfortable identifying the times on their own.

To make the learning cards into a reusable activity, attach hook and loop sticky dots and laminate the time cards.

Students can then match them up with the analog apple times over and over again!

Scroll down to get your copy of this first grade telling time math center!

Take a look at these other ways to teach math in early grades!

Pick up the printable or digital version of these ladybug number word puzzles to teach early counting skills!

These popsicle themed addition to make 12 puzzles are a fun way to practice addition facts at math centers! Perfect for early elementary math practice!

Pick up this bee themed counting one more and one less math center to help early learners practice counting on during spring!

Telling Time Math Center for First Grade

To get your copy of this Apple Time! First Grade Math Center, visit my Teachers Pay Teachers store or check it out below!

Shapes and Sides! Digital Shape Sides Sorting Activity

July 20, 2020 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Learning to recognize shapes is a fundamental early childhood education concept.

As children grow, however, we don’t just want them to know shapes by their general appearance. We want to teach them how to differentiate shapes by counting their sides and vertices (corners).

In fact, this is a required standard for kindergartners.

To make learning this concept easier, even for distance learning, I’m sharing a simple Digital Shape Sides Sorting Activity!

Digital 2D Geometric Shape Sorting Activity

This is such an easy activity for early geometry lessons!

Read on to find out how to get your copy and to see the lesson in action! And, for digital math ideas, take a look at my digital Ladybug Number Word Puzzles!

Use this digital geometric shape sorting activity to help early learners practice counting sides and vertices!

2D Geometric Digital Shape Sides Sorting Activity

To use this Shapes and Sides! Digital Shape Sides Sorting Activity, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

A computer compatible with Google Slides (We use these Google Chromebooks)
Or a tablet compatible with Google Slides (such as this iPad)
The Shapes and Sides! Digital Activity (available in my TPT store)

2D Geometric Digital Shape Sorting Activity for Kindergarten

This product includes three digital shape sorting activity pages, which feature nine different 2D geometric shapes.

Each of the pages has a chart with a blank “shape” column.

Students will need to examine the three shapes on each page and then count the sides and vertices (corners).

Digital 2D Geometric Shape Sorting Activity for Early Learners

Then they drag and drop the correct shape onto the matching row with the corresponding number of sides and vertices.

This activity can be used with an Apple Pencil, if students are working on iPads, or just by using their fingers to drag and drop the shapes on any tablet!

Watch the video below to get a look at this product in action!

Scroll down to pick up your Shapes and Sides! Digital Geometry Activity!

Don’t miss these other digital learning activities for early grades!

Pick up the print or digital version of this ice cream shape sorting activity for students to use in or at home!

Use the print or digital version of this nocturnal and diurnal animals sorting activity to teach students about animal sleep habits!

This digital and print ice cream vowel sounds sorting activity is a wonderful lesson for early readers! Use it online or as a hands-on activity at centers!

To get your copy of this Shapes and Sides! Geometric Shape Sorting Activity, click the image or the link below to get it from my Teachers Pay Teachers store!

Digital Geometric Shape Sorting Activity for Kids

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Rainbow Number Word Matching Activity for Kids

April 8, 2020 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Our smallest learner has been recognizing numbers for years.

She can count all the way to 100 and she is so proud to tell you about it.

Every. Single. Chance. She. Gets.

But I noticed that she needed a little more help recognizing number words, so I wanted to make learning that as fun as possible.

Which is how we ended up with this rainbow number word matching activity! I thought this would be a wonderful early math lesson and so I’m sharing it with all of you too!

Digital and Print Rainbow Number Word Matching Activity

Read on to see how to get this number word recognition activity for your little ones!

Need to use it as a digital activity that your students can complete online? Keep reading to see how to grab it as a digital lesson!

And, for more math learning, don’t miss our list of 10 math activities for kids with ADHD.

They’re all hands-on and easy to set up, so your active learners won’t have to sit around waiting.

Use the digital or print version of this rainbow number word matching activity to help early learners recognize number words!

Rainbow Number Word Matching Activity for Kids

This number word activity is a perfect fit for early spring math centers!

Since it involves basic literacy skills, it’s best suited for kindergartners. But if you have preschoolers are who are ready for number words, feel free to use it with them.

For this number word matching activity, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

Rainbow Numeral and Number Word Matching

Once you print out the product, use scissors to cut out the rainbows and the cloud number words.

Time to break out the sticky dots!

Rainbow Number Word Matching Activity for Kids

Just place one on each side of the rainbow and one on the back of each cloud.

Then let the kids practice matching up the number word clouds with the correct number rainbows!

One cloud goes on each side of each rainbow.

Printable Rainbow Number Word Matching Game

Like so!

Printable Rainbow Themed Number Word Puzzles

There are rainbows and clouds for the numerals and number words all the way to ten!

Rainbow Number Word Puzzle Activity for Kids

These would make a great busy bag activity for little ones too! Just assemble them and store them in a bag for later.

Need to save on ink? Use the lineart version!

Let the kids color the rainbows themselves, then laminate them and assemble like usual.

Rainbow Themed Number Word Matching Activity

Digital Rainbow Number Word Matching Activity for Kids

If you’re using distance learning or just prefer digital activities with your students, you can pick up the digital version of this activity!

This resource is compatible with Google Slides and you can use it on a tablet or on a desktop computer with a mouse.

Digital Rainbow Number Word Matching Activity for Kids

All ten rainbows are included, along with the number word clouds.

An answer key is also provided for ease of grading.

Get a look at this digital math activity action in the video below!

Scroll down to pick up these Rainbow Number Word Matching Puzzles!

Check out these other fun math ideas for early grades!

Use the digital or printable version of this Spanish Counting to 10 activity to practice number recognition in English and Spanish!

Help early learners practice recognizing shapes with these printable shape identification flashcards!

Want to use this activity as a digital lesson for distance learning?

Click the image or the link below to pick up the digital version of this product from my Teachers Pay Teachers store!

>>> Digital Rainbow Number Word Matching Activity – Teachers Pay Teachers <<<

To get your copy of the printable Rainbow Number Word Matching Activity, check it out below!

Bee Buzz and Spin! Bee Counting Math Center

March 5, 2020 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Math concepts + hands-on activities = meaningful learning.

It’s science, y’all.

Well, not really, but I have noticed that when students get to use manipulatives or games to reinforce math lessons, they remember them so much better.

And that’s why I’ve come to love math centers. They’re just adorable and awesome, especially for early grades.

To welcome spring, I thought it would be fun to share a bee-themed counting math center that helps students learn how to count one more and one less!

This is a wonderful resource for kindergarten and first grade students who are working on counting fluency.

Read on to see how to get your set! And, for more spring math fun, don’t miss our Flower Repeated Addition Worksheets!

Bee Buzz and Spin! Bee Themed Counting Math Center

To use these bee themed counting math center activities, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

Printer (with ink)
Printer Paper
Pencils
Laminator (optional)
Dry erase markers (optional)
Transparent spinners (optional)

This product includes:

Four bee-themed spin and cover one more or one less worksheets
Four bee-themed spin and cover find the number mats
Four bee-themed spin and cover count one more game boards
And four bee-themed spin and cover count one less game boards

Bee Spin and Count One More and One Less Activity

You can use these as a one-time practice activity or you can laminate them for reuse at centers or in morning tubs.

To play the spin & cover one more or one less games, students can spin the numbers on the bee and find the number that is one more or one less than the numeral they land on.

Cross them out with dry erase markers (if the pages are laminated) or pencils until they’re all gone!

Printable Bee Counting Math Center for Early Grades

If you want to make a simple spinner, just use a paper clip and a pencil point.

Students can hold the pencil upright and spin the clip to see which number it lands on.

If you prefer to use game spinners, though, these transparent spinners are perfect!

And they’re sturdy enough to stand up to multiple uses.

Scroll down to get your copy of this Bee Buzz & Spin Spring Math Center!

Don’t miss these other spring math activities!

These no prep fall counting worksheets for preschoolers feature a fun farm theme! Use them for classwork or at math centers!

To get your copy of this spring-themed Bee Counting Math Center, click the image or the link below to visit my Teachers Pay Teachers store!

>>> Bee Buzz & Spin! Math Center – Teachers Pay Teachers <<<

This cute bee themed counting math center is excellent for helping early students learn how to count one more and one less! Perfect for spring math centers!

Spring Flowers! Flower Repeated Addition Worksheets for Kids

March 2, 2020 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

We’re about a month out for spring, but I’m ready for it NOW.

Like yesterday.

Today, I’m excited to share a brand new set of spring worksheets for kids: Flower Repeated Addition Worksheets that are perfect for early grades!

I’ve been working on the concept of multiplication with my boys this year.

Once you get the idea that multiplication is just adding groups of numbers rapidly, then it’s easier to understand how to solve multiplication problems.

And repeated addition is a big help in mastering that concept.

This set of math worksheets features repeated addition problems in a fun spring theme!

Read on to see how to get your copy! And don’t miss our printable All About Flowers Spring Unit Study!

Spring Worksheets for Kids: Flower Repeated Addition Worksheets

To use these flower repeated addition worksheets, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

Printer (with ink)
Printer paper
Pencils
Laminator (optional)
Dry erase markers (optional)

This product includes two worksheets that display the concept of repeated addition.

As well as two worksheets that use the same flower groups to display basic multiplication.

The addition problems are fairly simple and only use numbers from 1 to 6.

There are problems that show 3 + 3 + 3, which is the same as 3 x 3, 5 + 5, which is the same as 2 x 5, and so on.

The multiplication worksheets are a wonderful introduction to multiplying for early grades!

And you can laminate them and use them with dry erase markers at math centers.

A complete answer key is also included!

Scroll down to get your set of Spring Flower Addition Worksheets!

Don’t miss these other spring learning ideas!

To get your copy of our Spring Repeated Addition Worksheets, click the image or the link below to grab it from my Teachers Pay Teachers store!

> Flower Addition Worksheets – Teachers Pay Teachers <

Fun Rainbow Tally Marks Worksheets for Kids

February 20, 2020 by Selena Robinson 1 Comment

One of the things I love most about spring is waiting for rain showers to end so we can try to spot some rainbows.

You know how you always heard about “the end of the rainbow”? Well, it turns out there is no end.

I just read the other day that the rainbow always changes arc direction depending on your position. So as you travel, it seems to travel too.

Bummer.

They may not be what they appear, but rainbows are still plenty of fun for kids.

And that’s why I thought I’d make some rainbow tally marks worksheets for kids who are working on counting with tally marks!

These would be fantastic for spring math centers! Simply laminate the pages and let students use them with dry erase markers!

And be sure to grab more of our spring worksheets for kids, including our Flower Repeated Addition Worksheets!

Rainbow Tally Marks Worksheets for Kids

To use these rainbow tally marks worksheets for kids, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

Printer (with ink)
Printer paper
Pencils
Laminator (optional)
Dry erase markers (optional)

Counting with tally marks can seem old-fashioned, but it’s still a wonderful math skill for kids to learn.

When students use tallies, they practice one to one correspondence, skip counting by fives, and number sense (understanding what numerals actually mean).

This product contains:

Three color rainbow tally marks counting worksheets
Three line art rainbow tally marks counting worksheets
A full answer key
A mini lesson about how to count with tally marks
And a set of instructions!

Review the mini tally marks lesson with your class and then let the students get to work!

You might also find it helpful to keep a copy of the lesson at the math center for easy reference.

Scroll down to get your copy of these Rainbow Tally Marks Worksheets!

Check out our other rainbow learning ideas!

To get your copy of our Rainbow Tally Marks Worksheets, click the image or the link below to visit my Teachers Pay Teachers store!

Printable Rainbow Themed Tally Marks Worksheets

> Rainbow Tally Marks Lesson – Teachers Pay Teachers <

These rainbow tally marks worksheets make it easy to teach early learners how to count with tally marks! Laminate the pages and use them at math centers!

Share A Donut! Making Equal Shares Activity for Early Grades

February 3, 2020 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

When I was in school…ahem…several years ago…we learned about equal parts when we got to fractions.

There wasn’t an introductory lesson about it in early grades.

So I think it’s good that students get to learn about making equal shares in first and second grade – before they get to the concept of fractions. It makes the concept much clearer later on.

I wanted to make a hands on math activity that would help first and second graders to learn this geometry concept – this Share A Donut! Making Equal Shares Activity!

I feel pretty confident that I’m not the only donut lover on Earth, so I thought this would be a fun math center activity for early grades!

Read on to see how to get your copy. And, for more fun with donuts, take a look at our Donut Colors! Sentence Writing Activity!

Share A Donut! Making Equal Shares Activity

To use this making equal shares activity, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

This product includes:

Two pages of unlabeled color donut pieces
Two pages of labeled color donut pieces
Eight line art fill in the blank donut cards
A full answer key
And a set of instructions!

You can use this as a one-time cut and paste lesson.

Just print the pages, let students cut out the parts, and then glue them into the donut cards to fill in the donut with the correct number of equal shares.

Be sure to have students label the number of shares and use the unlabeled donut pieces to name each part as a fraction (if you like).

You can also make this into a reusable math center!

Laminate the pages and cut out the donut shares. Then add hook and loop sticky dots to the back of the donut parts and the donut cards.

Students can use them over and over again!

Scroll down to get this Donut Making Equal Shares Activity!

Don’t miss these other hands-on math ideas for early grades!

$Pick up these pumpkin pie fraction clip cards to help students practice fraction skills during fall! So fun for fall morning tubs and math centers!$

And see more ways to teach math on my Math Mania! Pinterest board!

To get your copy of this Share A Donut! Making Equal Shares Activity, click the image or the link below to grab it from my Teachers Pay Teachers store!

>>> Share A Donut! Making Equal Shares Math Center – Teachers Pay Teachers <<<

Yeti Math! Math Practice for Early Grades

January 16, 2020 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Learning how to count by twos, threes, and fives is such a critical skill for early learners.

But it doesn’t end there!

Counting leads to recognizing inequalities – which numbers are greater or less – and recognizing the difference between even and odd numbers as well.

Since teaching during winter can be a bit of a drag (at least it can for me), I thought this fun Yeti math practice for early grades lesson would be a fun way to perk up these basic math skills!

These fun snowman-themed practice drills feature skip counting, odd and even, inequalities, and more – all at a level that is perfect for early elementary grades!

Read on to see how to get your set – free! And, for more winter learning fun, don’t miss my Snow Globe Grammar Parts of Speech Sorting Activity!

Yeti Math! Math Practice for Early Grades

To use this math practice for early grades lesson, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

Printer (with ink)
Printer Paper (I used Astrobright paper)
Pencils

This product includes:

Seven skip counting practice sheets
Two inequality practice sheets
Two odd and even number practice sheets
And four addition and subtraction practice sheets

If you want to use these for a math review, hand out each sheet and let students practice on their own.

You could also use them as a math center activity for several lessons!

Just laminate each page and let students practice completing them with dry erase markers.

Then they can try all over again the next day!

Scroll down to get your copy of Yeti Math! Math Practice for Early Grades!

Take a look at these other early math resources!

And see more ways to teach math on my Math Mania Pinterest board!

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Counting Crows! Write and Wipe Addition Cards

October 22, 2019 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

When my husband and I moved to the suburbs, we started to see something we hadn’t seen before.

Crows.

Our neighborhood didn’t have many trees, but it had lots of telephone lines. And it was an everyday occurrence to see crows gathered up in groups on the lines right outside our window.

In the fall, before the weather turned cold, we’d see lots of them. Then they’d suddenly take off and we wouldn’t see them again until the spring thaw.

So I thought crows would be a fun fall or spring theme for math center activities and that’s where these counting crows write and wipe addition cards come in!

These addition fact cards are so handy for reviewing basic sums using addends up to five. Plus, you can use them over and over again, so it’s a prep once and you’re done activity!

Read on to see how to get these for your students! And take a look at this Fall Leaves Count and Match Game for more fall math fun!

Counting Crows! Write and Wipe Addition Cards

To use these counting crows themed write and wipe addition cards, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

This product includes 28 addition fact cards that feature addends from one to five. The sums are missing, so that students can fill them in.

Each card also shows the number of crows that corresponds to each addend. That way, students can use these objects to count up to the sum, if necessary.

Use these with dry erase crayons so that students can practice, wipe their answers away, and pass them on to the next learner!

You can even cut each card out, place them on a ring, and use them in morning tubs for quick review.

There is also a set of 28 cards featuring blank addend and sum spaces. Since the number of crows still appears on the cards, students can fill in each space and add as usual.

Scroll down to get your set of Counting Crows! Write and Wipe Addition Cards!

Take a look at these other math learning printables for kids!

Follow my Math Mania! board on Pinterest for more ways to make teaching math fun!

To get your set of our Counting Crows! Write and Wipe Addition Cards, click the image or the link below to visit my Teachers Pay Teachers store!

>>> Counting Crows! Write and Wipe Addition Fact Cards <<<

$Pick up these pumpkin pie fraction clip cards to help students practice fraction skills during fall! So fun for fall morning tubs and math centers!$

Pumpkin Pie Parts! Fraction Clip Cards for Kids

October 21, 2019 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Fractions are not exactly known for being…the most fun math concept to teach.

I remember trying to make colorful anchor charts to bring this topic to life as much as possible, but it just fell flat. The kids were not interested in hot pink definitions of fractions on colored chart paper.

The good thing is that fractions lend themselves very well to food. There are so many foods we cut into equal parts, including pumpkin pie.

Which is why these pumpkin pie themed fraction clip cards are a neat way to make learning about fractions fun and easy to understand!

I’m so excited to share these, because they make wonderful fall math center activities! Or you can add them to morning tubs for a quick math review.

See how to get your set below! And, for more fall math activities, don’t miss our printable Apple Counting Puzzles and our Pumpkin Places Ordinal Number Lesson!

$Pick up these pumpkin pie fraction clip cards to help students practice fraction skills during fall! So fun for fall morning tubs and math centers!$

Pumpkin Pie Parts! Fraction Clip Cards for Kids

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This product includes three sets of fraction clip cards with a cute pumpkin pie theme!

One set includes color clip cards featuring fraction pictures and three values for students to choose from.

There’s also a line art version included if you want to save on ink.

Just a note: I used orange Astrobright paper for the line art fraction cards here.

And there’s a full answer key!

You could even put all of the answer key cards on a ring and use them as a quick fraction review for students.

Then let the students practice remembering what they learned by choosing the correct fraction values on their own!

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Easy and Fun Outdoor Math Games for Kids

June 13, 2019 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Math is one of those topics that children either love or seem to struggle with a little bit.

It’s no different in our family. I have one child who seems to “get” math concepts right away, but for the others, it takes a little time. (And preferably a lot of movement.)

So that’s why I love using outdoor math games for kids to help my children practice some of their most difficult concepts.

With these outdoor math learning activities, kids get to practice their skills, move around, and even get a little messy. They’ll have so much fun they won’t even notice they’re learning!

These fun math games would be perfect for outdoor play over summer break, particularly if you’re trying to avoid the summer slide before school resumes in the fall.

Want more ways to keep learning over the break? Don’t miss our list of 40 summer learning activities for kids!

3 DIY Outdoor Math Games for Kids

Sidewalk Chalk Math

What child doesn’t love drawing on the sidewalk with chalk? The chunkier the chalk and the brighter the colors, the better.

Instead of setting indoors doing math worksheets on plain old paper, why not take your little one outside and do your math on the sidewalk? Your child will love walking (or running) around to answer oversized math problems!

Beanbag Toss

Head outdoors with several beanbags and some plastic buckets. Place the plastic buckets on one end and have your child and the beanbags on the other.

Ask your child a math question or write one on the driveway with chalk and have them then toss the correct amount of beanbags into the plastic bucket.

For example: If the math problem is 2 + 3, they would then need to toss five beanbags into the bucket.

Counting Treasure Hunt

Setting up a treasure hunt for your child is a perfect way for them to get out and about in nature and have fun with math! Pick 10 different objects and place them around the yard.

Have your child find those objects and bring them back to you, counting as they go. Once they have found all ten items, it’s time for them to hide some objects from you!

Out of the 10 items, tell them to take three or four to hide. You can also practice subtraction by asking them how many objects are left afterwards.

10 More Outdoor Math Games for Kids

Need even more outdoor math ideas? Take a look at these math games and activities!

Arithmetic Hopscotch – Look! We’re Learning!

Rock Addition – Creative Family Fun

Chalk Number Game – The Educator’s Spin On It

Doubles Water Balloon Math – Fantastic Fun and Learning

Water Squirter Math Game – Kitchen Counter Chronicles

Outdoor Math Chalk Web – JDaniel4’s Mom

Butterfly Symmetry Nature Art – Childhood 101

Water Balloon Addition – No Time for Flashcards

Fishing for Numbers Game – Buggy and Buddy

Watermelon Seed Spitting Measurement – Schooling a Monkey

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Zingo 1-2-3 Number Bingo

Monkey Balance Math Game

Money Bags Coin Value Game

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Easy Ice Pop Math Patterns Activity for Kids

May 30, 2019 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

I just love popsicles. Love them.

And if you have to teach a new skill to a child, it’s never a bad idea to add a popsicle or two. Or ten.

So when it was time to teach our kids about how to make basic AABB and ABAB math patterns, I thought it would be fun to make an ice pop themed math patterns activity.

Guess what? Our kids loved it!

So I’m sharing it with all of you today!

If you’re teaching basic math patterns to early learners, this popsicle math pattern activity is wonderful for making this concept into a hands-on math lesson!

Read on to see how to get your copy! And for more summertime early math learning, don’t miss our Ice Cream Shape Sorting Activity!

Ice Pop Math Patterns Activity

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This math activity is perfect for early grades students who are learning how to recognize and complete AABB and ABAB math patterns!

This 25-page product includes:

Pattern pieces in two different color schemes
Pattern templates to complete
Incomplete pattern cards for kids to finish
And a set of instructions!

You can use these with child-safe scissors and glue for a one-time activity, if you like.

But I love to use it with hook and loop dots, because then I can use them over and over again.

If you cut the pattern cards into strips, you can even make this activity into a busy bag! Just laminate the strips and pattern pieces and let kids practice completing the patterns anywhere!

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Printable Butterfly Counting Activity for Kids

May 2, 2019 by Selena Robinson 1 Comment

Butterflies are flying all over our neighborhood these days. And it’s no wonder.

We’re right in the middle of spring and, down here, that means the typical six months of summer is on the way. Which means we’ll be seeing butterflies in the yard for weeks to come!

So I thought we’d try a fun, new early math activity – a butterfly counting activity for practicing number fluency from zero to ten!

This is such a cute idea for spring and summer learning. Plus, it’d make a wonderful busy bag for little hands.

Read on to see how to get your set. And, for more early math practice, take a look at our Colorful Birds Matching Activity too!

Butterfly Counting Activity for Kids

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Scissors

To get started, simply print the butterfly counting mat and the sheet of butterflies and numbers zero to ten.

Then use a pair of scissors to cut out the butterfly cards and the number cards.

All you’ll have to do now is set up the activity by choosing a different number each time. Then your child can practice counting out the right number of butterflies.

Since the number cards go from zero all the way to ten, you can just swap out the cards and let the kids get to work!

Or you can teach the kids how to change the numbers on their own and then challenge themselves.

Make it into a shared activity by switching the roles. Let your child choose a number card and see if *you* can count out the right number of butterflies.

Hint: Get it wrong on purpose a few times and see if your child catches your mistake!

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Free Printable Flashcards: Counting Beach Balls

April 29, 2019 by Selena Robinson 1 Comment

Summer is on the way! And I, for one, am thrilled.

Summer is my very favorite season. My very favorite.

I don’t care that it’s super hot down here in Georgia. I don’t care that the mosquitoes are out in full force.

The sun shines all day and (almost) all evening and that makes me happy.

Plus, we usually end up at the beach, which is my true birthplace, no matter what my birth certificate says.

So, in the spirit of summer, I thought I’d share a set of free printable flashcards counting to ten cards with beach balls!

Printable Beach Ball Counting to Ten Cards

These are so fun for little learners who are practicing counting to ten over the summer!

They’d also make wonderful additions to early math centers when school is starting.

See how to get your set of these counting to ten learning cards free!

And, for more summer learning, don’t miss our roundup of 40 fun learning activities for summer!

These printable beach ball counting cards are so much fun for practicing counting over summer!

Free Printable Flashcards: Counting Beach Balls

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Beach Ball Counting Flashcards for Early Learners

This set of printable counting flashcards includes ten cards that show both the number word and the corresponding number of beach balls.

Plus, there’s a set of cards with the beach balls and blank label spaces.

Students can use the enclosed number word labels to match up the amount of objects with the correct number word.

How to Use Counting Cards with Early Learners

There are a lot of ways to use these with students!

Place the number word and object cards on a ring. Add them to morning tubs for quick counting practice!

Laminate the number word labels and add sticky hook and loop dots to make a reusable activity.

This would be perfect for centers!

Let the kids get a little coloring practice by using the line art version. Students can color in the number of beach balls that matches each number word.

Assign these as a homework activity!

Let students take a line art version home and color in the beach balls. Then they can cut and paste the correct number word label on each card!

Get a look at the printable beach ball counting flashcards in action below!

See the counting to ten learning cards in the video below!

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Help kids learn about the members of our solar system with these printable solar system flashcards! These would be wonderful for a space unit study!

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Free Printable Flashcards: Addition Flashcards 0-10

April 4, 2019 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

We’ve been working to help our kids memorize addition facts for the past few weeks, so I thought I’d make a new set of free printable flashcards: addition flashcards 0-10!

But the thing about addition facts is that they’re pretty boring, right? Naturally, I had to add a little fun to these cards. What’s more fun than a trip to the state fair?

Read on to get your set of these free state fair-themed addition flashcards!

And, for more flashcards to make math learning fun, try our printable polygon flashcards or our fraction flashcards!

Free Printable Flashcards: Addition Flashcards 0-10

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This pack includes 30 pages of addition flashcards, featuring problems from 0+0 to 10+10.

There’s also an Answer Key included!

Try to play a game where kids can match up even sums and odd sums.

Or have the kids match similar sums to find how many ways they can add numbers and reach the same answer.

You could even challenge kids by giving them an answer and seeing if they can find the math problem that will result in that answer.

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Monster Truck Measurement for First Grade Printables

April 1, 2019 by Selena Robinson 1 Comment

Now that we’re winding down first grade with Roo (yay!), I’ve been looking through the math objectives to make sure we touch on as many topics as possible. One of the major math concepts we still had to discuss was: measurement.

For Roo, though, life begins and ends with movement. So I wanted to make learning about measurement as fun as possible. Time to add in some monster trucks with a fun set of monster truck themed measurement for first grade printables!

These are a wonderful way to practice using rulers to measure to the nearest inch, half-inch, and quarter inch, especially if you have active kids who love all things transportation.

Check out our printable Monster Truck Measurement lesson and get a set of your own for FREE! And, for more ways to make math fun, take a look at our outdoor sidewalk chalk math game!

Monster Truck Measurement for First Grade Printables

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All you have to do is print the worksheets and then follow the instructions!

Kids can choose from measuring to the nearest inch, the nearest half-inch, or the nearest quarter-inch. So these work well for teaching measurement for first grade, but also measuring skills for second grade and rising third grade students.

This product also includes a full answer key, so kids can check their work!

Monster Truck Measurement for First Grade Printables Lesson

Since it was Roo’s first time working on this topic, we started with learning to measure to the nearest inch.

After we talked about the importance of lining up the first line on the ruler with the start of the object, Roo was off and running!

I encouraged him to draw a line from the start of the object to the point at which it lined up with the ruler, and then the same with the end of the object.

The instructions say to measure to the nearest inch, so it was also a good time to talk about estimation. After Roo measured each line of trucks, he wrote down the number on the lines. Easy peasy!

Since Pooh is in second grade, he worked on measuring to the nearest half-inch.

And he ended up learning that .5 and 1/2 are the same thing! (We’re already working on third grade objectives, albeit unconsciously…lol.)

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Shoot and Score! A Printable Multiplication Game for Kids

February 18, 2019 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

If I want my boys to learn anything at all, I just have to find a way to include basketball. They are big fans of the sport and they love everything B-ball related.

So when I was ready for them to practice multiplication facts, I thought “What better way to get them interested than to make times tables into a basketball-themed game?” And that’s how the printable multiplication game Shoot and Score! was born.

Read on to see how to “score” a copy of this game for yourself!

By the way, if you enjoy this printable, grab a set of our free college basketball worksheets also! They’re perfect for keeping the kids learning while watching the college basketball tournament this year!

Shoot and Score! Printable Multiplication Game

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The goal of Shoot and Score! is to “shoot” the correct number through the multiplication problem “hoop” it matches!

Full instructions are provided and the game can be played by 1-4 players.

This game includes multiplication facts from 2, 5, and 10 times tables.

Plus, there’s an answer key in the back for kids to check their work!

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DIY Geometry Dice – A Fun Math Practice Tool for Kids!

August 30, 2018 by Selena Robinson 1 Comment

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Duck Brand® for IZEA Worldwide. All opinions are 100% mine.

Since we are teaching multiple children with attention issues, we always try to make our school lessons as fun and engaging as possible. Particularly when it comes to math.

Math is one of those subjects that kids either love or hate or possibly love to hate. Because our kids need to move around frequently to remain attentive, I wanted to find a way to help them practice geometry terms without forcing them to write the definitions over and over.

And that’s how we came up with the idea for geometry dice!

These DIY math manipulatives only take a few minutes to make and they’re awesome for helping students develop geometry fluency while having fun and getting some much needed movement during the school day.

Read on to see how I used colorful Duck Tape to make our geometry dice and how to grab the printable dice templates you’ll need for yourself!

DIY Geometry Dice for Math Practice

Here’s what you’ll need to make your Geometry Dice:

Empty square tissue box (You’ll need one box for each die you want to make.)
Duck® brand duct tape
Printable Geometry Dice templates (These are available for free in our Subscriber Library. Sign up at the bottom of the post!)
Scissors
Glue stick

These geometry dice are designed to help students in upper elementary grades or early middle school grades practice recognizing and identifying basic geometric lines, angles, and shapes.

For younger students, you can use the set of shapes and angles with the identifying names. Have them roll the dice and call out the shape, line, or angle they see until they start to recognize them on their own.

Then switch to the dice templates with no labels to see if the students remember each line, shape, and angle.

Upper elementary and middle school students can use the Who Am I? style templates to try to identify each line, angle, and solid shape without seeing the pictures at all.

When it was time to decorate our geometry dice, I was so excited to use Duck® brand duct tape to make them as bright and colorful as possible.

And let me just tell you: Duck Tape is nothing like you probably remember. It now comes in Color Duck Tape® and Printed Duck Tape® – both of which are adorable and perfect for educators!

For our geometry dice, I went with bright purple and this super cute blue, red, and green chevron Duck Tape. I knew the colors would make the dice even more fun and attention-grabbing for the kids.

So – here’s how to make the Geometry Dice.

Start by wrapping the Duck Tape around one end of the empty tissue box. Since Duck Tape is made fairly wide, you’ll only have to go around the sides of the box three times or so to cover it.

After you wrap the Duck Tape around the tissue box completely in one direction, turn it upside down and wrap the remaining two sides the same way.

Finally, use scissors to cut the Duck Tape and press the open end closed. Easy peasy!

Cut out the Geometry Dice templates you plan to use and use a glue stick to attach one to each side of the tissue box.

If you’re making two dice, repeat this process all over again.

Just a note about working with the chevron-patterned Duck Tape: It takes a little bit longer to decorate the box with it, because you’ll need to stop and align the tape to make sure the pattern is even.

Totally worth it, though, because it’s adorable.

These are so fun for working on geometry. My kids wanted to play with them long after math class was over.

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Raincloud Adding to Make Ten Activity

February 27, 2018 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Springtime is just around the corner? Can you feel it?

I absolutely adore spring. The earth starts waking up, the birds come back to roost, and the plants around us begin to bloom again! And….it’s also rainy. But no rain, no flowers, right?

Our youngest child is working on basic addition this year and we’re ready to start learning how to add to ten. So I thought we have a little spring fun with this raincloud adding to make ten activity!

This was such a fun (and fast!) math activity for kindergarten! See how to grab this printable math activity for your kids below!

Looking for more spring fun to share? Check out our list of spring books for kids and our roundup of 50 fun spring crafts to make this year!

Raincloud Adding to Make Ten Activity

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This product includes a raincloud with blank addition spaces for adding to ten, along with raindrop strips that kids can color in to count up to ten!

The goal is to use two raindrop strips per cloud and show two numbers that can be added to make ten.

We started by depicting 6 + 4 = 10, so our little one colored six raindrops on one strip and three on the other.

We attached them and our raincloud was done!

There is also a blank cloud, so kids can fill in the entire equation on their own.

And if you want to save time, there are raindrop strips that are pre-colored for all the numbers from 1 to 10.

Once they’re attached, kids can just count up the numbers to reach 10! And fill in the equation with what they learned!

Be sure to let them count the individual raindrops and write the totals at the bottom too!

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