Inside: Discover several 100 Chart games and activities to use on Day 101 in kindergarten or first grade. Working with the 100 Chart When the 100th day of school ends, that’s when we really begin to use our 100 chart to better understand place value, counting patterns, and how to read numbers beyond 20. Included […]
Number Sense Activities for Your Kindergarten Math Center
Got Number Sense? My primary focus in teaching math in kindergarten is to build strong number sense skills and I am always on the lookout for number sense activities that help me to do this well. In this post, I’ll share my top 5 favorite number sense activities and a little about why I chose […]
Teaching One More and One Less with Number Staircases
Teaching One More and One Less Since day one, I had been giving my kiddos lots of great number sense experiences. We’d been using ten frames, number paths, and subitizing cards. They could count orally, recognize numbers, and count sets using 1:1 correspondence. So why the heck was I having so much trouble teaching one more […]
Introducing Number Bonds in 5 Easy Steps
Number bonds can be a bit intimidating, so before you jump in, let children spend some time getting to know the graphic and its function. Here are the 5 concrete steps I use to “cement” children’s understanding of number bonds. Step 1: Explore the Part and Whole Relationship Since number bonds are used to help […]
5 Steps to Teach Number Writing Using Formation Rhymes
Inside: Follow these 5 steps to teach number writing using formation rhymes that follow a fine motor path. Don’t Forget to Teach Number Writing! It’s so easy to fast forward through math instruction and forget to spend time on number writing, only to find yourself reteaching “3” in the middle of a place value unit. […]
Teaching Numbers 1-10: A Kindergarten Counting Strategy
Teaching Numbers 1-10 What I love about teaching is that I’m as much a student as I am a teacher, because there’s always something new to learn. I recently discovered a strategy for teaching numbers 1-10 that will forever stay in my math “toolbox.” Here’s how it works, along with a few ideas, activities, and […]
