I’m very happy today to have Deirdre here guest posting! She is a great blogger and has loads of wonderful ideas! Plus she has a printable for us today! My name is Deirdre Smith and I blog at JDaniel4’s Mom. I am the mom of a nine year old boy named JDaniel. My blog shares…
It always seems we are working on some type of math fact and division is one we don’t do as much as multiplication. I wanted something fun to do beyond the flashcards and spinning. I have a roll and cover for multiplication and we loved it. I thought it would be fun to have one…
As you learn more in addition and subtraction, you start getting to add bigger and bigger numbers. You start out with single numbers that with work great with the basic number bond mat to explore. After you get working on those bigger numbers a 100 chart is a great help when moving to two digit…
Earth Day has so many fun themes that you can work with. I love that so many themes are flexible in how we use them. There are some math concepts that people have been asking for. I know one that we have been working on is greater than & less than. It is one that…
We have been loving the different math puzzles for skip counting. I thought it would be fun to have some another math subject: fractions. Puzzles are a fun hands-on way to learn different concepts. We have loved learning with them. And now we have fractions with a garden theme. These are hands-on and easy to…
Gardens have wonderful rows and plants within the rows that work so well for learning area and perimeter. Geometry is one of those math concepts that is taught over time. It is math about: questions of shape, size, relative position of figures, and the properties of space. These free Garden Themed Area & Perimeter Cards…
Math centers are something you can never have enough of. I know that I’m always looking for different ways to use the printables that we have. Or maybe something to fill a need that we don’t already have. That is what today’s printable is! We have loved the last few sets of math cards that…
This month’s theme week is going to be a garden theme! This was a decided on a collection of votes from facebook! Both 3 Dinosaurs and Royal Baloo followers voted on it. We are excited about this week. It is such a fun theme and one I have not do yet! I can’t wait for…
Spring is here, and we are always looking for fun ways to review our multiplication and division! I know that we are always working on these math facts and having something different is nice to change things up. I thought this spring set would be a nice change. I have included some of our favorite…
Multiplication is one skill that you work on many different ways. One of those ways is with arrays. An array is a group of objects you put together to help make the multiplication equation. The spring themed multiplication array cards are to make learning fun, plus make things different from just doing the same old…
Spring is just around the corner and it is time for some fun spring time printables that are no-prep. We love the dot marker find activities and changing for each season is loads of fun. I love that I can just print and go! Today we have some flower themed finds. This collection has ABCs,…
Medieval has to be one of our favorite themes in our house. It is a theme we have read a lot about and one my girls could do over and over. We have been working more and more on addition, and I thought it would be fun to have something new to work on them….
It seems that people have just loved the different counting mats. I know that my girls always loved to have different themes to work with while learning. It is why it is fun to have different themes to use. The free medieval counting mats have a fun knights and princesses theme. I wanted to reach…
My girls love playing hands-on games that they can do together. We are always working on ways to make math fun. The rolling and creating math games give them a fun way to work on math facts that are fun. The Roll a Fairy Tale Castle is an excellent way to review math and have…
There are always kids who just don’t do well with flashcards. No matter how many times we drill them on the same cards they just don’t get it. Hands-on mats are an excellent visual way to get them learning their math facts. I just love these mats because they show the ten frame that will…
Math is one subject that people are always looking for activities to do with. I know that it is something I’m always trying to help my girls with. Fractions are something you start working on at different ages. Recently my 5th grader was working on them and learning to simplify fractions and learning that different…
Puzzles are an excellent way to work on different types of learning. I love using them for math and language activities. We loved the winter skip counting by two puzzles, and I thought some other skip counting puzzles would be fun. This time we have free space skip counting by five puzzles. I’ve never had…
My girls are HUGE space fans. It has been a theme they have always loved. We have really enjoyed the dinosaur multiplication cards and I thought it would be fun to have some division in another theme that they just love. Clip cards are great for working on a subject like math while getting in…
Counting is one of the basic skills the builds math skills later. It is one you build with counting in different ways. I love that these winter counting mats work on counting in two different ways. You start with the ten frame and then build the picture on the side. These have been really popular…
One of the skills that you work on in first grade is some basic skip counting by 2, 5 and 10s. I love changing up how we do this. I have put several of skip counting puzzles in some of the themed packs. We have loved using them. But we have never had a full…
Working on math facts is not always easy. There are sometimes limited ways to do them. Not all kids learn the same way. While some work great with flashcards others don’t. My girls love getting a great from just straight out doing flashcards for learning. I try and change up what we are doing. This…
I know that my girls love having consistent while they are learning. I often found when something works for them I would make several different seasons of the activity. That is why I’ve been going the counting mats over the different seasons. This free Christmas counting mats were something that someone had requested because her…
Christmas is one of my favorite seasons. It is always fun to create and make fun activities for it. I’m always looking for something new to do. We have really enjoyed the seasonal finds each month. It has given us a fun way to work on many different subjects. ABC Letter, Numbers, Shapes, Skip Counting,…
Every year I learn something new when I’m working with my girls on math. The last few years was the idea of grouping and arrays for multiplication. It is a hard concept for some kids to understand. There are groups of numbers that make more numbers. I showed some of this in the Winter multiplication…
I know that not all of my girls learn the same way. One learns great with flashcards, another with worksheets and one needs anyway I can teach it for her to learn. I have made different things to meet those needs. Today is a free hands-on Christmas tree fraction activity that we did with stormtroopers…
There are always kids who just don’t do well with flashcards. No matter how many times we drill them on the same cards they just don’t get it. Hands-on mats are an excellent way to get them learning their math facts. I just love these mats because they show the ten frame that will be…
Math facts are something kids need to learn. They most often have to memorize the facts by repeating them over and over. It is not always fun to do. Plus you have to work on how the different math facts work together.This no prep Christmas math facts printable is a great way to work on…
Math facts are something we are always working on. It seems that no matter how many times we work on them we still need more practice. I have a mix of where my girls are in their learning. I’m always looking to see what fun ways we can work on them. They have just loved…
After using clip cards the last month for math, my girls asked me to make more. I thought we would try some for skip counting. The free skip counting clip have a fun Christmas themed to them. This is the start of the 12 days of Christmas Printables! Clip Cards are great for working fine…
There are so many different ways to work on multiplication and it often seems overwhelming learning them. One way to work on this is to show how addition and multiplication work together. I know that when I’ve been relearning the new systems from the school, it was not easy. But I do enjoy seeing that…