A Chick Called Saturday

Guaranteed to help beginning mathematicians develop appropriate math language, a set of 20 cards features important math vocabulary. With a variety of math terms ranging from estimate to calendar, each sheet has both a word card and...

Peanuts! Get your peanuts! Kids explore math, art, and agriculture concepts focused on peanuts. There is a brief informational text to get them started, and you'll find definitions of five in-text vocabulary words to address. Kids...

A great aspect of teaching math is that children have the freedom to solve problems using a variety of different strategies. The focus of this lesson is for young mathematicians to become aware of many ways of answering addition...

Students count and name the numbers and days on the calendar in order to determine the date. They identify the month and the entire date, and determine the pattern shown on the calendar markers. Students then calculate how many days...

A read-aloud anthology focuses on colonial towns and townspeople. Over three weeks, young scholars listen to stories, participate in discussions about town life, practice word work, and complete an extension activity with each...

Use circle time to work on counting. Kindergarteners practice the months of the year, say the full date, chart the day's temperature, count to 100, and sing the alphabet song. This kind of daily routine cultivates deep roots for...

Students explain what a calendar is all about in terms of time measurement. They clearly communicate in oral, artistic, written and nonverbal forms.

Young mathematicians are shown a ruler, yardstick, tape measure and scale. They practice measuring length, width, height, and weight. They are then shown a thermometer, and discuss what a thermometer is used for. Everyone is shown how to...

Students review and answer questions about calendar topics. In this calendar activity, students sing calendar songs, discuss the weather, day, month and year. Students read a book and ask and answer questions.

Young scholars read a calendar. In this calendar lesson, students review calendar terms such as today, tomorrow, and yesterday. Young scholars look at a calendar and determine the days date, the day of the week and the month.