With all the complaints about Common Core Math why not check out the Arithmetic that your Great Grandparents may have learned? Ray’s Arithmetic is an entire series of Math books that were written by Joseph Ray in the 1800’s to teach Math!
Math is Math and numbers are numbers so why make things complicated! Check out all of the free Ray’s Arithmetic resources in this post!
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Are your children struggling with Math? Maybe they just need a fun way to learn some basic concepts or practice some things they just learned. Check out these Free online Math games to help encourage a love of Math!
ABCya.com is the leader in free educational kids computer games and activities for elementary students to learn on the web.
Arcademic Skills– Boost student engagement with our free multiplayer educational games, math games, language arts games, and much more.
Aplusclick not-for-profit project that features a collection of illustrated challenging math problems for students in grades one through twelve. The website has a graduated set of over a thousand problems, starting from the very simple to the extremely difficult. The tests also include hundreds of practical problems and brainteasers.
Apples 4 the Teacher-Elementary and Preschool Math Activities
Cool Math Games for Kids– elementary math games
Cyberchase– fun math games from PBS show.
Fun4TheBrain games cover math, science, English, and reading subjects
That Quiz– math test activities for students and teachers of all ages
Math Playground lots of fun games for K-6
XtraMath-a Seattle-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to math achievement for all. Our goal is to develop effective, efficient, adaptive and intrinsically rewarding supplemental math activities and make them available for free.
I hope your child finds a great online Math game to help them learn! Let me know if you find other free games that help encourage learning for any subject!
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Today I would like to share with you a fun way to learn with a pumpkin. Big Red actually picked this pumpkin from our very own garden a few weeks ago. He brought it in all by himself. Since this was technically HIS pumpkin that he plans on making soup with I decided we should do something that was educational but not damaging to the pumpkin!
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Does is feel like Fall in your neck of the woods? The local school district started school this week and temperatures have been 20 degrees cooler overnight then the last few weeks. I felt it was perfect to introduce a new fall counting activity to Big Red as part of Kindergarten. What could be more prefect then a felt leaf number line activity?
I had bought a handful of packages of some super cute felt leaves from the Dollar Tree a couple of years ago. I say a couple but probably bought more like 6 packages to divide and swap. I made an upper and lower case alphabet match game and still had enough big red leaves for more activities. I saw a border number line near our school desk and immediately thought of sharing the Montessori version of a number line with Big Red.
I grabbed a pair of scissors and cut the 1-10 strip into 1-5 to start since we only had a small table to work on. I also didn’t have enough time to count the leaves to be sure I had enough to do the entire line. I’ll be honest I just wanted a quick activity that would keep my boys learning and occupied!
I want to try a number line activity again with smaller counting items so they don’t “run into each other”. I try to keep things real and FRUGAL! So use what you have. Grab a piece of paper and a pen and write the number line out if you don’t have a fancy border like mine. Have the kids collect sticks or rocks from the yard or neighborhood if you don’t have felt leaves or store-bought items. Don’t let a small budget keep you from finding ways to teach your children new things!
Stay tuned over the next few weeks for more Fall themed activities as well as a Kindergarten blog post round-up! If you need more Fall activities TODAY then check out the following for some super quick and easy ideas:
Well, it looks like we are on a geoboard kick right now! I thought it would be fun to share some creative homemade geoboards that I found. This should save you time and money by making your own! You can use this post as a quick reference this Fall when you need a fun Math or STEM activity for your preschool or young school-age child.
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