Winter Themed Math Bundle for K-1

admin January 11, 2014 No Comments

I’m not sure which season I love best- fall or winter.  When you live in the great white north, you have to like winter even just a little bit.   So, in the spirit of one my favorite seasons, I created math center activities for kindergarten and first grade.  This bundle is jam packed with 12 hands-on winter-themed activities for your kiddos.   Here’s a peek of what’s in the pack: Play Doh mats are one of my favorite hands-on activities for introducing basic number concepts.  I’m pretty picky about my doh so I make my own using a common recipe that can be found on the internet.  The trick is to make the doh using either alum or cream

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DIY Number Puzzles

admin January 3, 2014 No Comments

I’ve been seeing number puzzles all over Pinterest.  These puzzles are ideal for independent centers for working with number order.  They’ve been printing the  puzzles on card stock and cutting and the pieces.  That’s a great idea, but I thought if we created the puzzles on craft sticks they’d be much more durable and will last for years to come.  Sure, it’s a little more work on the front-end, but it’s so well worth the effort. Making your own puzzles is super easy.  All you’ll need is Mod Podge, large craft sticks and pictures.  I created my own pictures on the computer which you could download for free.  You could also copy your own photographs on a printer or use

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Mitten Match Math FREEBIE

admin December 9, 2013 No Comments

Looking for a fun winter-themed activity for your math centers?  The Make, Take & Teach Mitten Match activity for addition may just do the trick.  Simply print, laminate and cut out the mittens and your center activity is ready to go.  Put a few clothespins in the storage container and have your students clip the problem and the answer.  They absolutely love it! The Mitten Match Addition FREEBIE is available in the online TpT store. If you like this activity, you may also enjoy Mitten Match for Rhyme and Mitten Match for Beginning Sounds.  These activities are available through the Make, Take & Teach website or through my online Teachers Pay Teachers store.

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Halloween 4-In-A-Row FREEBIE for Math

admin October 20, 2013 No Comments

Click HERE to download this free activity from my online TpT store.  Here’s a fun little freebie for practicing addition and subtraction facts.  It’s great for either your small group instruction or as an activity for your math centers.  The game is super simple to play.  To play, you’ll need two players each with different colored chips.  Each player takes a turn solving a math problem and then placing their chip in the square.  The first player to have 4 of their colored chips in a row wins the game.  Sounds simple?  Not so fast- players have to be sure to block their opponent as they try to get their 4-In-A-Row.  When you download this file you’ll receive 4 colorful

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Thanksgiving Activities

admin November 5, 2012 No Comments

Kyle (fab artist) did a bang up job on this little turkey!  I love this guy!  I quick made him into a beginning sounds and word family activity.   Just for fun I made a math facts to 10 activity which you can download for free. Click HERE to download Turkey Feathers Beginning Sounds from my TpT store Click HERE to download the Turkey Feathers Word Families activity from my TpT store. Click HERE to download this FREEBIE! Here’s another fun little small group activity for practicing word families during the fall.  Students fill their word family pumpkin patches with the corresponding pumpkin pictures. Click HERE to download the Pumpkin Patch activity from my TpT store.

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Monsters and Aliens, Oh My!

admin September 23, 2012 No Comments

Well I made the Candy Corn Alphabet activity with a cute little box found at JoAnn Fabrics and the Halloween Rhyming game with plastic discs found at Michaels Craft Store; I just couldn’t leave out my other favorite craft store- the Hobby Lobby.  While on my shopping trip with my daughter in the “big city” of Lansing, we stopped by the Hobby Lobby and found these cute little foam aliens.  I thought they’d be perfect for a Halloween-themed math center activity.   Okay– there is some assembly involved, but aren’t they so, so cute?  There are a total of 30 aliens! The directions for assembly are on the pdf which you can download for free. This is what the package looks

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Spring Math and Word Family Activities

admin May 24, 2012 No Comments

Just before heading out for a walk the other day, my friend showed me a robin’s nest complete with three chirping baby robins who took up temporary residence in her garage.  That reminded me that I haven’t yet posted the Robin’s Nest Addition Freebie on the blog.  I know there’s only days left until summer vacation (technically 8 day for me), but this activity is pretty quick and easy to make. The Robin’s Nest Addition Addition activity can be found in my online Teachers Pay Teachers store. If you like this activity you may also want to check out these other Robin’s Nest themed activities. The Robin’s Nest Short Vowels activity is also available in my TpT store. The Robin’s Nest Word Families activity

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Strike Me Out! Fun Baseball Game for Addition

admin April 25, 2012 No Comments

I drive past the baseball fields everyday on my way home from work.  It’s always fun seeing the baseball fields filled with kids playing this all American sport. To celebrate the beginning of baseball season, I’m posting this fun little freebie for practicing addition facts to 12.  Enjoy! Click HERE or on the above pic to download this freebie.  

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