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Christmas Math Centers

As I stated in my December Read Aloud post, I get to spend time in my son’s kindergarten classroom doing math centers.  Here is what we did in the Christmas Math Centers: Memory using Snowmen Subitizing Cards.  I used this set of subitizing cards and set it up with 20 cards (10 sets of matches).  […]

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Hundreds Chart Number Path Challenge

Last week I was observing in a 2nd grade classroom that was doing work with a Hundreds Chart.  The teacher did a fabulous activity she called the Number Path Challenge.  The kids could start on any number but they had to find three different paths to the number 38.  The first path had to be […]

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Teachers Pay Teachers Christmas Freebies

Looking for some fun (and FREE) Christmas Themed Math Activities??  Well, Teachers Pay Teachers has a bunch of free ones, but I just picked out a few for you. 1)  Kindergarten and 1st grade kiddos will have fun with Santa’s Sleigh Drop.  They get to model a story problem about Santa dropping toys off his […]

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December Math Read Aloud

The December Math Read-Aloud just HAD to have a winter theme.  And since understanding combinations that make 10 is such an important concept in the lower grades (and even still for some upper elementary kiddos!), the book Ten on the Sled by Kim Norman was just perfect! Next week I actually get to go into […]

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Things to do over the holiday break

As educators we all know about the “summer slide,” where students slide back in their learning during the summer break.  However, even shorter breaks, like the upcoming Christmas holiday break, can set children back.  I compiled a short list of ways that parents can incorporate mathematics into their kids’ lives during the break to help […]

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Mathematical Christmas Buying Guide 2013

The other day my mom asked me if I saw a thing she pinned on Pinterest that encouraged people to give their children 3 things for Christmas: 1) Something they want. 2) Something they need. 3) Something to read. I like the simplicity of this idea, but my initial response was, “What about something mathematical?”  […]

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TpT Number Line Freebies

Since everything I seem to be posting lately deals with Number Lines, I thought I would continue the theme with a few Teachers Pay Teachers Freebies that focus on understanding and using number lines.   Number Path/Sequencing Counting Flip Chart has children count how many items are on the page and then circle the corresponding […]

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