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Pineapple Multiplication by Four Roll and Cover Game

June 18, 2020 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Summer is here and the living is easy.

Multiplication facts, though, are still giving my youngest a hard time.

She’s working on memorizing her times tables so she can sail into third grade math this fall with no trouble.

To make it a little more fun, I thought we’d try this printable pineapple multiplication by four game!

Fun Pineapple Multiplication by Four Game

This is a simple and cute way to help kids work on multiplication fluency!

Keep reading to see how to get yours – free! And, for more ways to have fun with math, take a look at our list of outdoor math games to play!

This printable multiplication by four game is a fun way to practice times tables!

Pineapple Multiplication by Four Game

To use this printable multiplication roll and cover game, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

This product includes two versions of the multiplication roll and cover game:

One for use with a six-sided die
And one for use with a ten-sided die

The rules are simple.

Students roll a die and then find the corresponding multiple of four on the game board.

Multiplication by Four Roll and Cover Game

Then they just cover that number with a math counter and keep going!

You can also use buttons, counting bears, pom-poms, or coins in place of counters.

Students can play the game alone or with a partner. If they’re playing alone, challenge them to see how quickly they can roll and cover all the multiples.

If they’re playing with a partner, the first one to cover the last multiple wins!

Pineapple Multiplication by 4 Roll and Cover Game

A line art version of both game boards is also included.

Personally, I love to add a pop of color by printing them on AstroBright paper – as above. It definitely makes the activity a bit more cheerful.

Scroll down to get your Pineapple Multiplication by Four Game!

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Use these printable shark counting to ten puzzles to help early learners practice counting with numerals, objects, and number words!

These printable money games for kids are perfect for quick math lessons! Let students play them for a hands-on money activity!

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!

To get your copy of this Pineapple Multiplication by Four Roll and Cover Game, click the image or the link below to download it to your computer!

>>> Pineapple Multiplication by Four Game <<<

Popsicle Plus! 1-12 Addition Puzzles for Kids

May 12, 2020 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Nothing says “summer” quite like a popsicle.

When I was young, there was a general store about 10 miles away from our house that sold Dreamcicles – a combination of orange sherbet and vanilla ice cream.

Every time the weather started to warm, I’d get excited, because it was almost Dreamcicle-time.

My kids love popsicles too, so why not add them into a math lesson?

Which is where these popsicle 1-12 addition puzzles come in!

With these printable math puzzles, early elementary students can practice adding numbers to make one all the way up to twelve!

Read on to see how to get your set of these printable arithmetic puzzles.

And, be sure to check out our Ladybug Number Word Counting Puzzles for more ways to teach math fluency!

Popsicle Plus! 1-12 Addition Puzzles for Kids

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

Printer (with ink)
Printer Paper
Scissors
Laminator (optional)
Astrobright paper (optional)

This set of popsicle addition matching activities includes 24 individual puzzles: 12 color and 12 line art.

Popsicle Themed Addition Puzzles for Kids

Each puzzle has four pieces: three addition problems and one matching sum – the top “scoop” on the popsicle.

Popsicle Addition Matching Activity for Kids

Simply cut apart each puzzle and let students practice matching up the correct problems and sums.

This would make a fantastic activity for early math centers.

Laminate each puzzle before cutting it apart and you can reuse it as many times as you like.

This addition activity also helps students learn different ways to add to make each sum.

For example, you can add 3+3 to make six. But you can also add 5+1 and 2+4 to make the same number.

Printable Addition Puzzles for Early Elementary

If you need to save ink, use the line art version instead.

For a pop of color, print the line art version on AstroBright paper (my personal favorite!).

Printable Popsicle Addition Puzzles for Kids

Scroll down to get your set of these popsicle themed addition matching puzzles!

Try some of these other hands-on math learning activities!

Pick up the digital and print versions of these ladybug number word puzzles to help early learners practice number recognition at math centers or at home!

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

To get your copy of Popsicle Plus! Printable Addition Puzzles, click the image or the link below to visit my Teachers Pay Teachers store!

> Popsicle Themed Addition Matching Puzzles <

Fun Math Books for Middle School

April 27, 2020 by Selena Robinson 1 Comment

I have a rising sixth grader who HATES math. I mean, she hates it.

If there was a way to study only literature for the remaining seven grades, she’d be in heaven.

But once numbers show up on a paper, her love for reading goes out the window.

I wasn’t encouraged to pursue a mathematics-based career and I’m a literature lover, so I understand her feelings completely.

But I don’t want her to allow a discomfort with mathematics to limit her career choices, so we’ve got to find a way to make math fun!

$Fun Math Books for Middle Schoolers$

Thankfully, there are a lot more resources for making math interesting these days than there were when I was a kid and I’ve gathered up a few today!

Check out this list of educational and fun math books for middle school to find some resources your kids might like!

For more fun with math, don’t miss our list of hands-on math activities to try!

$Fun Math Books for Middle School$

Fun Math Books for Middle School

These books are not the only cool math books for tweens around, but they are some of the best. Especially if you have students who love to work with their hands.

If you like any of these, leave a comment and let me know which one!

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1.Math Dictionary for Kids: The Essential Guide to Math Terms, Strategies, and Tables (Grades 4-9)

2.Math Doesn’t Suck: How to Survive Middle School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail

3.100 Math Brainteasers (Grades 7-10)

4.40 Fabulous Math Mysteries Kids Can’t Resist (Grades 4-8)

5.Janice Van Cleave’s Math for Every Kid: Easy Activities That Make Learning Math Fun

6.One Minute Mysteries: 65 Short Mysteries You Solve with Math

$10 Fun Math Books for Middle School$

7.Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi: A Math Adventure (Grades 2-7)

8.Math Puzzles and Games for Grades 6-8

9.Funny & Fabulous Fraction Stories: 30 Reproducible Math Tales and Problems (Grades 3-6)

10.Math Projects: 50 Hands-On Projects (Grades 5-8)

11.Everything You Need to Ace Math in One Big Fat Notebook (Grades 6-8)

12.Real World Math (Grades 5-8)

$Help tweens learn to love math with these fun math books for middle school! These interactive and funny math books can help kids master concepts and have fun too!$

Does your middle schooler have a math book that he or she loves? Please share your recommendations in the comments!

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Ladybug Number Word Counting Puzzles

April 20, 2020 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Working with counting numbers is such an important math skill in early grades.

The trick, though, is that counting numbers don’t always look like numerals. They also appear as objects and number words.

Which is why these three-piece ladybug number word counting puzzles are so helpful for little learners!

Fun Ladybug Number Word Puzzles for Kids

These are fantastic for early math centers! Or you could put them in morning tubs for rotations!

Need to help your students learn remotely? There’s even a distance learning version!

Read on to see how to score these for your early math students.

And, for more practice with early math skills, check our our Bee Counting On Math Center!

Ladybug Number Word Counting Puzzles

To print these number word puzzles, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

Printer (with ink)
Printer Paper
Scissors
Laminator (optional)
Astrobright paper (optional)

These puzzles include the numbers from one to ten.

Each puzzle contains three pieces:

One that depicts the number word
One that depicts the numeral
And one that shows a ladybug with the matching number of spots

After you print the puzzles and cut the pieces apart, mix them up and let students practice matching them correctly.

Ladybug Number and Number Word Matching Puzzles

If you need to save on ink, a line art version is also included.

Personally, I love to use AstroBright paper whenever I’m using a line art product.

It adds a nice pop of color without using up all of my color ink.

Printable Ladybug Themed Number Word Puzzles

Scroll down to get your copy of these Ladybug Number Word Counting Puzzles!

Take a look at these other math learning ideas!

To get your copy of these Ladybug Number Word Counting Puzzles, click the image or the link below to get them from my Teachers Pay Teachers store!

Ladybug Number Word and Number Puzzles for Kids

>> Ladybug Number Word Counting Puzzles <<

Want the digital version? Click the image or link below to pick that up for use with distance learning!

>> Digital Ladybug Counting Word Puzzles <<

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!

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.

Rainbow Number Word Matching Activity for Kids

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

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!

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.

Like so!

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

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.

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

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$Work on math skills with this fun rainbow number word matching activity for kids!$

To get your copy of our Rainbow Number Word Puzzles, click the image or the link below to visit our Store!

>>> Rainbow Number Word Puzzles <<<

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 <<<

Aquarium Arithmetic Seek and Find Math Activity

April 6, 2020 by Selena Robinson 5 Comments

I am in the small group of people who actually enjoy solving arithmetic problems.

When I was young, I would doodle math problems in my notebook in my spare time.

My kids, though, aren’t big fans of arithmetic, unless I can make it fun.

So instead of just giving them a sheet of problems to solve, I put together a fun aquarium-themed lesson: our Aquarium Arithmetic Seek and Find activity!

$Fun Aquarium Arithmetic Math Practice Activity$

And if you’re looking for a way to practice adding and subtracting online, you can get this in a digital version too!

Read on to see how to get your copy.

Plus, take a look at our easy Sidewalk Chalk Outdoor Math Game for some hands-on math practice fun!

Aquarium Arithmetic Seek & Find Math Activity

To use this aquarium arithmetic math activity, you’ll need the following: (Affiliate links are included in this post. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

This product includes eight sheets of addition and subtraction problems.

$Aquarium Arithmetic Math Practice Activity$

As kids solve the problems, they’ll search for the ones whose answers match up with the answers listed in the instructions.

Once they find the corresponding problems, they can color them in!

For example, one of the pages instructs kids to “color the problems that have a difference of 5”.

So after kids solve the subtraction problems, they can go back and color in the bubbles for the problems that equal 5.

Easy!

A full set of instructions and a complete answer key are also included!

Scroll down to get your copy of this Aquarium Arithmetic Seek and Find Activity!Check out these other math learning ideas for kids!

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To get your copy of our Aquarium Arithmetic Seek & Find math activity, click the image or the link below to get it from my Teachers Pay Teachers store!

>>> Aquarium Arithmetic Seek & Find Math Activity <<<

Prefer to use this online with your students? Pick up the digital version for distance learning below!

>>> Aquarium Arithmetic Math Practice Activity – Digital Version <<<

This post is part of the Free Aquarium Unit Study linkup! Check out more fun aquarium activities and learning ideas below!

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Fish Books for Kids from The Jenny Evolution

How Fish Breathe – A Science Experiment from Tales of Education at Home

Fun Things to See at the Newport Aquarium from Something 2 Offer

Aquarium Scavenger Hunt Printable for Kids from CraftCreateCalm

Aquarium in a Bottle: Ocean Sensory Idea from A Little Pinch of Perfect

Aquarium I Spy from Schooling a Monkey

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 <

$These flower themed repeated addition worksheets are a wonderful math activity for spring math lessons! Use them at centers too!$

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!

$Make equal parts with this Donut Making Equal Shares Activity for early grades! Perfect for math centers!$

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!

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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 <<<

$Help students learn how to divide circles evenly with this hands on Donut Making Equal Shares Activity! Great for early grade math centers!$

Robot Number Tracing Worksheets for Kids

January 28, 2020 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Math centers are my new obsession. They’re so awesome.

Kids get to gather around the center in small groups and work with math activities that are actually fun. It’s great for taking math off the page.

The key to a simple math center, though, is finding a simple interactive resource you can use again and again.

Which is where these simple robot number tracing worksheets come in handy!

These are good for a one-time practice lesson, but with just a few minutes of prep, you can easily make them reusable.

Perfect for math centers!

Read on to see how to get your set! And, for more fun with math centers, don’t miss my English and Spanish Cupcake Number Word Activity!

$These printable robot themed number tracing worksheets are great for penmanship practice! Or laminate them to use at math centers!$

Robot Numbers! Number Tracing Worksheets for Kids

To use these number tracing worksheets, 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)
Laminator (optional)
Dry erase crayons or Dry erase markers (optional)

This product includes ten robot-themed number tracing printables.

Each has the selected number shown on the robot with nine tracing numerals for students to the right.

I like to use colorful Astrobright paper and then laminate these.

$Robot Number Tracing Worksheets for Math Centers$

Then, you can simply let kids use dry erase crayons or dry erase markers to practice tracing each numeral.

When they’re done, just wipe them off and they’re ready to go for the next group!

These are also fantastic for morning tubs.

Just print them, place them on a ring and include dry erase crayons in the tub.

Scroll down to get your copy of these Robot Number Tracing Worksheets!

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See more ways to make math fun on my Math Mania! Pinterest board!

To get your copy of these Robot Numbers! Number Tracing Worksheets, click the image or the link below to visit my Teachers Pay Teachers store!

>>> Robot Number Tracing Worksheets – Teachers Pay Teachers <<<

$These robot-themed number tracing worksheets are so fun for early math centers! Laminate them and use them again and again!$

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!

$Fun Yeti Math Practice for Early Grades$

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!

$Practice counting, recognizing inequalities, and more with this Yeti-themed Math Practice Lesson for early grades!$

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

$Yeti Math Practice Set for Kids$

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

$Printable Yeti Math Practice Set$

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

$Printable Yeti Math Practice Set for Kids$

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

$Yeti Math Practice Printables$

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

Then they can try all over again the next day!

$Yeti Math Printables for Elementary$

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

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$Yeti Math Practice Set for Elementary$

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$This Yeti-themed Math Practice Lesson is great for helping early grade students practice counting, inequalities, and more!$