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I’m always looking for new ways to incorporate math into something fun. Today we’re are working on our number bonds to ten with this fun kite craft perfect for spring. This math craftivity is a fun way to conclude your unit on ways to make ten and the kites look adorable hanging up around the classroom for spring. Supplies Each… Read More
There are so many fun activities to help teach about 2D shapes. We’re reviewing our 2D shapes and I wanted to incorporate something fun for spring into the mix. With this free printable 2D shape flower, we are practicing our 2D shapes, colors, counting, and fine motor skills. THIS ACTIVITY WORKS WELL WITH Free Printable 2D Shape Flower To start,… Read More
Do your students need a little extra help skip counting by 2’s? This free printable skip counting by 2’s game is a perfect addition to your math center rotation. Songs to help your little learners These are 2 of our favorite songs to help learn how to count by 2’s. Jack Hartman / Dancing 2’s Dancing 2’s is a fun way for… Read More
Every time we go to the Children’s Museum in our city, one of my kid’s favorite areas is the dramatic play area that is a full garden. They can plant and pick flowers, fruits, and vegetables. Over the years, I’ve had a special garden play area set up with supplies that I’ve found at Dollar Tree over time. Aprons, gloves,… Read More
Mmm, who doesn’t like a plate full of fresh-baked cookies? For this week’s literacy snack idea, we’re reading, The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins and combining it with our math lesson. This is a great read-aloud picture book about friendship, sharing, and cookies that can also be used to introduce basic math concepts to young children. For our snack this… Read More
Everyone likes chocolate chip cookies right?! I made these free printable cookie counting puzzles to go along with one of our favorite books If You Give A Mouse A Cookie. Have you seen the animated show they’ve created on Amazon? It’s been a huge hit with my kids and they’re up to 3 seasons now! I’m always looking for new… Read More
I love using different manipulatives for the students to practice their counting with. Working on counting to 20 is so much more fun when counting candy corn. These resources from Primary Playground work well with this article. Prepare This is a quick and easy one to prepare. Simply download and print the counting cards below, cut and laminate for durability…. Read More
I’m all for making math fun when I can! With this free printable candy corn math, the students get to practice greater or less than using candy corn! All you need to do is grab a bag or two of candy corn, print and you’re ready for some math fun! I’ve included several sheets in the free download so you… Read More
Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate is an all-time favorite for kids. We’re incorporating a hands-on activity and math to retell the classic poem/song with these free printable five little pumpkins. This is a fun video you can show them to learn the song. It goes through it twice asking them to sing along the second time. And this… Read More
Learning about 2D shapes is always fun. There are so many activities that you can use to teach them. Since the cooler weather is slowly creeping upon us, I thought it would be fun to use our 2D shapes to make a scarecrow. We’re practicing our 2D shapes, colors, counting, and fine motor skills with this free printable 2D shape… Read More
I love being able to come up with new activities to go with books. Since it’s the beginning of the year and we’re learning our numbers, I thought it would be perfect to make a free printable apple counting activity to go along with Dr. Seuss’s book, Ten Apples Up On Top! It fits perfectly with our apple unit at this time… Read More
We had so much fun playing math games with our UNO cards, we decided to come up with 5 math games to play with DOS cards! Have you played the new game DOS? It’s nothing like UNO but it’s a great new game that our family loves to play together. I thought it would be fun to make up even… Read More
I love playing games! Family game nights are one of my most favorite things to do. I thought it would be fun to use our UNO cards to create some games to practice our math so I’m sharing 5 math games to play with UNO cards today. You most likely have a deck of UNO playing cards lying around. If… Read More
I’m always looking for new and fun ideas to incorporate into our math. When I saw these giant inflatable dice in the Target Dollar Spot, I just knew they would be perfect to turn into dice addition. These fun inflatable dice come in a pack of 5, so you can set up 2 groups of students to work with each… Read More
We’ve been working hard practicing with our ten frames for the last couple of weeks. We have also been doing an author study of Laura Numeroff and reading some of her books. I thought it was fitting to break out the donut mini erasers and use them to work with our ten frames. I set out If You Give A… Read More
February is quickly approaching so I thought I’d round up my favorite February Kindergarten Math Activities This month we’re adding in some hearts and emojis! Make sure you check out the link to the free emoji ten frame cards at the end of the post! Valentine’s Day Heart Counting Mats 1 – 20 These counting mats are a fun way to… Read More
For your shopping convenience, there are amazon affiliate links provided in this blog post. I don’t know about you but my kids are obsessed with emojis! These free printable emoji task cards have been a huge hit. I had found these cute emoji m&m’s back in February in the Valentine’s Day candy while shopping with my friend, Jennifer from Simply… Read More
Study: Too Many Structured Activities May Hinder Children's Executive Functioning
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Children who decide for themselves how to spend their time have more highly-developed executive function, according to a study.