math
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My Favorite Halloween Activity
I can’t let Halloween fly by without sharing my all-time favorite Halloween activity! This Jack-o-Lantern shape set can be used in so many different ways, so it is easy to use with children of varying ages and abilities. Children can use the shapes to make any face they wish, or they can recreate the inspiration cards by recognizing the shapes that have been used, finding them, and placing them in the proper locations on the Jack-o-Lantern. The set also includes matching cards, which children can use to play memory, or to match to the larger Jack-o-Lantern inspiration cards. Finally, there are “find me” cards. Children can work together to find…
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Friday Freebie – Candy Corn Sorting
Happy Friday! I love all things fall, especially the food and that includes Halloween candy. My all time favorite is candy corn, I refuse to buy any at the store before October because I will eat it as soon as I buy it, so I try really really hard to only have it in the house for one month. This cute Sort and Count Freebie is perfect for my candy corn addiction. It requires a bag of the mixed variety. You know, the one with the regular candy corn, the big pumpkins, and the chocolate candy corn. This is the perfect excuse for me to start buying it now! Even…
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Friday Freebie – Math Center Labels
Happy Friday! Don’t you love four-day weeks?! Earlier this week I shared a new freebie for the math center, and today I have another one. These Math Manipulative Labels will make your life easier and save you tons of time. Download them and start organizing because nothing is more fun than labeling stuff (I’m not joking). Have a great weekend!
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Math with Dollar Tree Popsicle Sticks
This week I’m on a mission to share some fun math activities that your kiddos will love – the best part is that all of the materials you will to put them together are from the Dollar Tree. I went to my local Dollar Tree store and I spent $11. That $11 bought materials for 15 different math activities that are perfect for preschoolers. I’ll share one set of materials each day, and show you different games that you can use them for. Here are the items that I purchased: The activities that I have to share with you today are all made with one package of colored popsicle sticks. There…
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Math activities with Dollar Tree Ramekins
This week I’m on a mission to share some fun math activities that your kiddos will love – the best part is that all of the materials you will to put them together are from the Dollar Tree. I went to my local Dollar Tree store and I spent $11. That $11 bought materials for 15 different math activities that are perfect for preschoolers. I’ll share one set of materials each day, and show you different games that you can use them for. Here are the items that I purchased: Today’s activities are all done using colorful plastic ramekins. I focused on patterning with these cute little cups. I love them…
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Dollar Tree Math With Clear Glass Stones
This week I’m on a mission to share some fun math activities that your kiddos will love – the best part is that all of the materials you will to put them together are from the Dollar Tree. I went to my local Dollar Tree store and I spent $11. That $11 bought materials for 15 different math activities that are perfect for preschoolers. I’ll share one set of materials each day, and show you different games that you can use them for. Here are the items that I purchased: Today I want to share what I made with the larger flat glass stones. I focused on three different math…
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Math centers using Dollar Tree rocks
This week I’m on a mission to share some fun math activities that your kiddos will love – the best part is that all of the materials you will to put them together are from the Dollar Tree. I went to my local Dollar Tree store and I spent $11. That $11 bought materials for 15 different math activities that are perfect for preschoolers. I’ll share one set of materials each day, and show you different games that you can use them for. Here are the items that I purchased: Today I want to share the activities that I put together using these great black river rocks and the multi-colored…
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Dollar Tree math materials
This week I’m on a mission to share some fun math activities that your kiddos will love – the best part is that all of the materials you will to put them together are from the Dollar Tree. I went to my local Dollar Tree store and I spent $11. That $11 bought materials for 15 different math activities that are perfect for preschoolers. I’ll share one set of materials each day, and show you different games that you can use them for. Here are the items that I purchased: Today I want to show you what I did with these fun facial scrubbers – They come in really bright…
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DIY Geoboards
Geoboards are one of those amazingly simple things that can keep children occupied for an extraordinary amount of time. They inspire exploration of geometric shapes, as well as persistence and fine motor practice. Geoboards are also easy to make yourself, so with a few simple supplies you can add a couple of these to your classroom. Here are a few DIY geoboards that I rounded up, choose whichever works best for your budget and your students! A board and nails (and a tutorial) from Little Bins for Little Hands Cork board and push pins – from An Every Day Story A CD case and clear screw fasteners – from Left…
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New Math Centers!
You know when you’re really excited about something and you just can’t wait to share?! That’s me right now! I bought this adorable coffee cup clipart months ago, but it was kind of just sitting there on my computer collecting dust because I couldn’t figure out what to do with it. Then it hit me – math centers of course. I am so in love with how these turned out and I just had to share them with you! There are three centers; colors, numbers, and shapes. The color set is simple color matching, but also includes the color words so that you can encourage vocabulary word recognition. It includes…
