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Holidays Around the World Math Party Ideas

November 17 By Linda Leave a Comment

Holidays around the world math party ideas for 2nd and 3rd grade.

Holidays Around the World Math Party Ideas Are you looking for classroom Christmas party ideas that are also educational? Do you need fun ways to include math in your holidays around the world units? Read on to find ready to use holidays around the world math party ideas that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christmas, Holidays, Math Tagged With: Christmas activities, classroom party ideas, holidays around the world, MATH

Teaching kids to tell time past the hour

February 7 By Linda 60 Comments

Teaching kids to tell time past the hour can be challenging but it doesn’t have to be a struggle for you or your students. Learn simple ways you can make telling time so much easier for your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders that make telling time more concrete and fun! These teaching ideas and FREE telling time games and activities are ideal for teachers and homeschool parents of first, second and third graders.

Teaching primary kids to tell time past the hour can be a challenge but it doesn't have to be a struggle for you or your students. In this post I'll share with you some easy tips and simple strategies you can use as you teach your class to tell time. I should also mention they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Math, Popular Posts Tagged With: MATH, teaching tips, telling time

Fun Activities To Teach Telling Time

February 3 By Linda 6 Comments

Fun Ways to Teach Telling Time-These hands-on ideas and telling time activities for first, second, and even third graders make telling time fun! Students play a variation on “I Have, Who Has?” centered around a popular song and telling time anchor chart. Ideal for teaching 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders to tell time to the hour/half hour, quarter hour and to the minute. This post also includes a FREE telling time game for kids!

Telling time on an analog clock can be a difficult concept for primary students. It's often a tricky skill for them to master and one that is a bit more abstract than other math skills they are learning. These telling time activities and hands-on ideas bring high engagement and a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anchor Charts, Math, Popular Posts Tagged With: MATH, math anchor chart, telling time, What Does The Clock Say?

Gingerbread Math Activities

November 28 By Linda Leave a Comment

Looking for some gingerbread math ideas to add to your December math or Christmas activities? This post has ideas for 1st and 2nd grade teachers with lesson activities for data and graphing, making gingerbread man glyphs with real cookies or a paper cut-out, and a cute pop-up card craft for writing word problems. Ideal for first and second grade kids.

If you're looking for some hands-on December math activities that tie in well with a gingerbread man unit or your holiday lessons and projects, I have some fun ideas for gingerbread math activities that your class will love! Decorating for Data Decorating gingerbread man … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christmas, Holidays, Math Tagged With: Christmas, data and graphing, December, gingerbread, MATH

Easy Charts for Apple Activities & Free Math Printable

September 18 By Linda Kamp 2 Comments

September is always a festival of apple activities in my classroom! There are so many fun ways to incorporate apples across the curriculum. Over the next couple of weeks I'll share some of my favorite apple themed ideas for every subject that are always a hit! Easy Reusable … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anchor Charts, Fall, Freebies Tagged With: anchor charts, apple activities, apples, fall, freebies, MATH

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