Penguins are always a fun theme, and kids love learning about them! Lately we have been all about adding in fun penguin activities to our learning, including this penguin shape roll and graph math center. Roll and graph games are always a hit with my students as they love anything with dice, and I love that this game not only works on shape skills, but on graphing as well! Penguin Shape Roll … [Read more...]
Forest Animals Count and Clip Cards
These free printable forest animals count and clip cards are perfect for making math fun. Kids can practice subitizing, adding, and fine motor skills all at the same time! *Pair these with our Pre-K clip cards or Kindergarten Clip cards for more learning fun! Count and clip cards are a fantastic way for children to engage with math skills. As I was making these, I carefully considered … [Read more...]
Ice Cream Base 10 Puzzles
Understanding base 10 and place value is a foundational skill for building up solid number sense and problem solving. We had a blast working on this skill with these fun and perfect for summer base 10 "ice cream" puzzles! Ice Cream Base 10 Puzzles We have really become strong at identifying numbers and knowing their names. However, understanding quantity and place value are skills that are … [Read more...]
Missing Number Popsicles
Adding fun to learning activities is a great way to help young children stay engaged. With my preschoolers, I find that simple activities with few directions are the favorites. Keeping things simple allows me to switch out activities more often, which makes things easier as we work through different themes during the school year. These printable missing number popsicles … [Read more...]
Alien Addition Sort
Have any space enthusiasts? While I don't exactly teach about aliens or little green martians, we do embrace fun and imagination, and I love adding some fun themes to our math stations. This alien addition sort is a hit with my kids, mainly for the little green creatures and spaceships. It's a hit with me because they are practicing their facts and having fun too! Alien Addition Sort Making … [Read more...]
Graphing Farm Animals
Spring is in the air, and I am starting to see some baby cows on my drive home from work each day. My students also love to tell me if they passed any on the bus ride. Let's just say farm animals are a hit right now! As usual, I love to turn these interests into fun learning activities for my kids! Since we are working on building up our graphing skills, this spin and graph farm animal game … [Read more...]