Musical Hoops

Captivate your class by having them find the value of their names, different zoo animals, musical instruments, etc.,with a mental math lesson. Using the coding formula listed, children learn to fluently estimate and calculate simple sums.

Third graders incorporate math into dancing. In this algebra lesson, 3rd graders identify different shapes and patterns using dance movements. They relate the different creations to polygons as they incorporate the use of stretchy bands...

Save the yodeler from falling off the top of the mountain using basic math skills. Have endless fun while developing fluency with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

A new take on musical chairs! Pupils run, skip, jump, high knees, etc. around the perimeter of the gym, making sure not to cross through the middle, as music is being played. Then, when the music stops, children have to put their feet in...

This educational hip-hop song teaches the Order of Operations when evaluating expressions. This is a great resource to introduce and/or review order of operations in the classroom.

Watch and listen to a recitation of the order of operations set to hip-hop music. This video focuses on PEMDAS as the acronym for order of operations and demonstrates the concept by walking through a problem in the correct order.

Calculate the sum of the addends on the screen to find out how many repetitions of each exercise to do. Then exercise along with the kids in the video to improve your mental math skills and fitness level at the same time. [9:50]

Allow learners to explore both the right and wrong way of completing equations with the order of operations. They discuss how the order in which operations are performed affects the outcome of a problem. A fun "trick" using order of...

Can you beat the calculator? Your task is to find the sum of all even numbers between two and any selected two-digit even number. If you can find the number pattern, you are sure to beat the calculator every time. Links to other "Beat...

Find more than 500 "mental calculation tricks" that will help you square numbers, add, multiply divide, subtract, and find percentages. A great resource for advance math students, gifted children, and teachers wanting to find ideas for...