Countdown to Christmas!

Your students will love counting down to Christmas by trimming the beard of Santa Claus.

 



Math Activities for All Grade Levels!

Lower Elementary Math 

"Telling Time" Clock

"Math Addition" Cups

"Beaded" Number Rods

"Greater Than/Less Than" Anchor Chart

Math Card Game

Card Game Rules

Goal: To help the child recognize and compare numbers 2-10

• Remove all of the face cards, jokers, and aces so that the deck only contains numbers 2-10.
• Play the game as described above, but with less cards.
• As you play, ask these questions:
  • What number do you have?
  • What number do I have?
  • Which number is greater….is more?
  • Which number is smaller….is less?
• If necessary, provide a manipulative to help the child decide which number is greater.
  • Place two bears next to the two playing card and place five bears next to the five playing card.
  • Which card has more bears?

Upper Elementary

Click here for the rules to this "Mathball" Game!

Place Value Diuplay

Math Bulletin Board Display

Math Game

Math Game Rules

• For this game you will need 2 dice, a pencil and paper for each player.
• In this version, players attempt to create 3 numbers that will add to 100 or as close as possible to 100.
• To play, the teacher or a player rolls the 2 dice and tells the two numbers that are rolled.
• Players make a 2 digit number from these 2 numbers, e.g. roll 3 and 5 and students can record 35 or 53. Once the number is recorded, it can’t be changed.
• Repeat twice so that players have recorded three 2 digit numbers.
• Players add these three numbers together and the player who is closest to 100 is the winner.
• If you have time you can play several rounds.
• Students use lots of different skills as they choose their numbers and add them. Sometimes working out who is closest to 100 creates a great discussion with more skills required to calculate this.

Addition/Multiplication Game

Game Rules

Goal: To help the child practice addition and multiplication math facts.

1. Remove all of the face cards, jokers, and aces so that the deck only contains numbers 2-10.
2. Play the game as described above, except each player will draw two cards from the top of the deck.
3. If practicing addition facts, the player will add the two numbers on the cards.
4. If practicing multiplication facts, the player will multiply the two numbers on the cards.
5. The person with the highest sum or product wins all four cards.
6. If necessary, use manipulatives to illustrate the math problems.
1. “My first factor is five, so I will get five cubes. My second factor is two, so that is telling me that I will have two groups of five cubes. How many cubes do I have altogether?”

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree...

This Christmas tree craft would be fun to do on the last day before Christmas break! Twist a green pipe cleaner in the shape of a tree and glue pompoms to it. Use a low-temp hot glue gun for best results! 

This center game is a great way for little ones to review their numbers!

Countdown to Christmas!

Your students will love counting down to Christmas by trimming the beard of Santa Claus.

 

Place Value in a Whole New Way!

Make a BIG statement with this place value display!

 

 

Geometric Bats for Big Kids!

 

 

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Pumpkin Seed Puzzle

A Great Fall or Halloween Math Activity!

 

Candy Corn Math

Great to put in your Math Learning Station.

 

Welcome to Math Class!

Math Games for Preschool/Kindergarten

Preschool/Kindergarten Math Goal:

 

To help the child recognize and compare numbers 2-10 Remove all of the face cards, jokers, and aces so that the deck only contains numbers 2-10. Play the game as described above, but with less cards. As you play, ask these questions: What number do you have? What number do I have? Which number is greater….is more? Which number is smaller….is less? If necessary, provide a manipulative to help the child decide which number is greater. Place two bears next to the two playing card and place five bears next to the five playing card. Which card has more bears? -

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Number of School Days

Your students will love watching the paper clip chains grow!

Start on Day 1 and add a paper clip for each school day.



Sea Life Math Game

An adorable way to integrate a math project with your ocean theme.

Domino Multiplication Game



Adding and Subtracting!

 

This visual and tactile aid is great for introducing addition and subtraction or for those who are struggling with math facts.

Directions:

Trace hands, cut out & glue down, except for the fingers.

 



Math Dice

Line of Noodles

To help students learn parallel, perpendicular and intersecting lines, have fun with uncooked spaghetti noodles. After reviewing each type of line, ask students to glue noodle models to construction paper and label each example. This activity is simple and can easily be used at center.