Munchy Multiplication

Trying to get your mathematicians working on addition number sentences? Get their attention with cookies! Learners examine 15 ten-frames filled with two types of cookies each (let the class choose the type of cookies). For each question,...

Whether you're using a collection of Dr. Seuss books to teach basic math skills like counting, adding, and subtracting, or exploring the different states of matter by melting a crayon with a hairdryer, a series of 11 fun activities...

Understanding the concept of equality is fundamental to the success of young mathematicians. To explore this basic idea, children compare the dots arranged in pairs of rectangles in order to determine whether or not they contain an equal...

Each of these number sentences has a corresponding set of blocks, which will no doubt help your visual learners grasp multiple-addend addition. Learners examine the sentences and match them to their block representation. Consider also...

Learning math is so much more fun when it involves playing games. Following the rules of the classic game Memory, young mathematicians flip over two cards at a time as they look for numbers whose sum or difference is equal to the value...

Practice a method for the addition and subtraction of near multiples of ten. Through demonstration and guided practice, learners work to add and subtract numbers by adding 10 or 20 and subtracting one using a number line.

Help learners discover methods to estimate animal population. They will participate in a simulation of catching and tagging fish in order to estimate the fish population. They scoop and count goldfish crackers, record data, and use...

Roll the dice! These addition number sentences are for beginning mathematicians, and each addend is displayed on a die. Learners add up two or three single-digit addends to find eight sums in the first half of this worksheet. Next, they...

Class members listen to the William Wise book Ten Sly Piranhas and act out the story with one child playing the piranha. They use goldfish crackers (eating them to show subtraction) to demonstrate and understand equations they see on...

The name of this app may sound a little gross, but there's nothing gross about learning math with game-based practice. Rich and Jennifer demonstrate just how to line up your crackers in order to avoid the goo, and learn some...