Math Action Thursday: Birthdays! Addition A Freebie : )

I LOVE birthdays!  Every twenty-four hr catamenia is someones birthday, but today happens to last my Dad's birthday!  I persuasion for this math activity Th I would throw out roughly ideas to create amongst birthdays (especially since in that place are a 1 thou one thousand ways to link them amongst math).

When it's someone's birthday it's an chance to operate calendar skills.

• What calendar month is it?  What numbered calendar month is it?  How many days are inwards that month.  Discuss days of the week.  Is today the sec Midweek of the month?

Then in that place is an chance to beak virtually the years.  

• If Sally is turning 8 this twelvemonth in addition to the twelvemonth is 2013, how tin nosotros figure out what twelvemonth she was born?  You could larn into timelines or uncomplicated subtraction.

Parties, along amongst presents and/or cake in addition to H2O ice cream tin fifty-fifty become into math!

• If y'all stimulate got a party, how many guests tin y'all invite?  Is in that place solely then much infinite that volition confine your guests to 8?  How much volition it toll to brand goodie bags for each guest.  How volition the tables in addition to chairs last arranged (perimeter)?  What fourth dimension volition the political party outset in addition to end?  How much fourth dimension volition it stimulate got to laid upwards for the party?  How much fourth dimension volition it stimulate got to build clean up?
• Presents... How much does a acquaint cost?  How much wrapping newspaper would y'all postulate to twine it (linear measurements)?  Will y'all brand a carte du jour or purchase one?
• Cake... Do y'all brand a cake from scratch, operate a cake mix, or but purchase a cake already prepared from the store?  There's lot of math amongst baking!  How much tin y'all salve if y'all arrive yourself?  How much cake create y'all postulate to brand or buy?  You could brand cupcakes in addition to each nipper tin decorate them... Do they plow out all the same?
• Ice cream...  It's cold!  If the H2O ice cream was left out of the freezer, what would happen?  What temperature does it postulate to remain inwards to remain frozen?  How much H2O ice cream is 1 serving?  How many servings does 1 container of H2O ice cream have?  Count scoops of H2O ice cream...

The listing tin become on (candles, cylindrical hats), but y'all larn the idea...  There is math everywhere in addition to used inwards many occasions.

As a freebie, I've set this fun H2O ice cream scoop page equally a freebie on my TpT in addition to TN stores!  Happy birthday or un-birthday to you!  Please follow the shop of your choice in addition to exit feedback if y'all dear it.

Remember to link upwards whatever math post service from your spider web log for MaTh activity Thursday!  It doesn't stimulate got to last amongst birthdays, but it would last cool if it was : ).

What MaTh activity Th would y'all similar to see?

Math Action Thursday: Sharing

Sharing is actually but dividing.  Hopefully when nosotros percentage nosotros transcend away inward fair together with carve upward equally, but if non together with then a intelligence of ratios tin come upward up or fractions.

Anyway, I persuasion it would hold upward fun to verbalise most sharing a banana split...

This is the banana split I shared amongst i of my kids concluding calendar week piece nosotros were inward Monterey on opor-garai : )  It was yummy!

But what if y'all wanted to percentage a banana split amongst your whole class?!  It would hold upward form of hard, therefore I decided to but purpose the banana together with split that : )

Here are the steps of sharing a duet of bananas amongst a shape sum of kids...

Wasn't that easy?  It isn't necessary to honor what per centum each small-scale would get, but it may hold upward fun to come across if students would know how to as percentage the bananas.  Do y'all intend quaternary graders or fifty-fifty s graders would know that y'all could stair out them together with and then carve upward the measuring past times how many parts y'all need?

Some other ideas too using bananas is using Fruit past times the Foot or beef jerky.  I know y'all creative teachers out in that place tin brand about hands-on splitting lessons!

What nutrient especial produce y'all intend would hold upward fun to produce amongst your class?

Have anything to percentage for MaTh activity Thursday?

Math Activeness Thursday: Closets Edition

Today I am variety of doing a Throwback from a by Th where I talked close math alongside hangers.  I actually immature adult woman that Throwback Th Linky from The First Grade Parade... Anyway, hither it goes for today's MaTh activeness Thursday: Closet Edition!

Feel complimentary to link upwards whatever of your recent math posts, or if y'all desire to post service 1 y'all tin order the sack add together it immediately until adjacent Tuesday : )

Also FYI, I posted my upcoming schedule as well as by MaTh activeness Th posts inwards a tab merely below the header.

What variety of math tin order the sack y'all create alongside closets?  Tons!  Hands-on math projects are correct at that spot inwards your ain bedroom.

• What are the dimensions of the closet?  How could y'all maximize the infinite inwards at that spot to agree the most items?
• How many unlike kinds of items of wearing clothing are inwards the closet?  Are at that spot shoes inwards at that spot too?  How many pairs?  Out of the items inwards your cupboard what is the per centum breakdown of those chief items (in quantity or how much infinite they cause got up)?
• For example.  Shirts 30% Pants 10% Dresses 20% Shoes 40%
• How many hangers create non concur whatever clothes?  How many items of wearing clothing are non on hangers?
• Time how long it takes to organize your closet.  Time how long it takes to seat a charge of build clean laundry away inwards your closet.
• What is the full value of the asset inwards your closet?

There are then many ways to play alongside closets as well as math.  When I originally made this post, my blogging friend Serena at Magic, Mistakes, as well as Mayhem idea it was cool as well as she made a homework assignment for it.  I never did involve heed how it turned out, but I idea it would last fun to brand a freebie homework canvas for 4th-6th graders titled "Closet Math" : )  I cause got it on TpT as well as TN for the basis of teachers to download : )

Have fun teaching everyone!  And if your kids larn to create this activeness I would dear to involve heed how it went : )

This post service is also business office of Ms. Math Dork's linky : )

as well as Relentlessly Fun, Deceptively Educational linky

Time for y'all to part your math activities/workshops/tips alongside MaTh!

Kindergarten Math (Math Activeness Thursday) Together With Currently January

Happy novel year!  I decided what to create for my Math action Thursday!  I volition topic the months past times grades.  For my invitee bloggers I create the same affair (Let me know if yous always desire to survive a invitee here).  This is the schedule..

• January & July--Kindergarten
• February & August--1st Grade
• March & September--2nd Grade
• April & October--3rd Grade
• May & November--4th Grade
• June & December--5th Grade

So when yous link upwardly elbow grease as well as brand the shipping applicable to that month's aeroplane level.

Today I made a freebie which is purpose of a bigger pack I am working on.  It is called 'Meet my frogs!'  It is fun for Kinder as well as First grade.  Here is what it looks like.  You tin download yours free here.

Basically, students color 2-10 frogs amongst 2 unlike colors of their choice.  They write the names of the colors they used as well as the cast they volition survive pasting their frogs onto (in the gratis sample it is a square, exactly my paid version volition bring to a greater extent than cast pages as well as fifty-fifty 3D shapes too).

I dear making activities that the kids learn to select as well as brand their own.  Like inward this action the kids learn to select their colors as well as how many frogs they volition utilisation as well as color each color.

If yous bring a math shipping yous desire to part that would survive neat for Kindergarten teachers (or parents) delight link it below!

Now onto the Currently linky amongst Oh Boy!  I filled out my Currently final nighttime as well as hither it is...

Listening--When did Duck Dynasty learn as well as thus pop anyway?!
Loving--Yes, I'm as well as thus happy that ane of my movie books I wrote is directly available for yous to buy! (Although in that place is however a giveaway running on Teachers Notebook for it.)
Thinking--Too much materials on my mind...
Wanting as well as Needing is pretty straightforward.
Memory/Tradition--Watching the Rose Parade amongst my family.  We actually necessitate to become or at to the lowest degree run into the floats they display for the adjacent pair of days.  We exclusively alive well-nigh 12 miles from Pasadena (but amongst LA traffic that could survive over an hr to learn there).

Thanks for stopping by!  Remember to link upwardly if yous spider web log well-nigh Kinder math as well as if yous don't yous tin bring together during other months when your aeroplane storey is highlighted : )

By the way, create yous similar the freebie?

Kindergarten Math (Math Activeness Thursday)--Sorting Too Counting

Today I'm focusing on K.MD.B.3  which states Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects inwards each category as well as kind the categories past times count.  You tin link upwardly amongst whatever Kindergarten post service you've posted inwards the past times or brand 1 inwards the side past times side span of days to add together your link.


Here's a fun action for sorting as well as counting.

Bring items to cast or lead keep pictures of about objects that lead keep ii or iii obvious categories.

The children kind the objects into categories they see.  In my illustration they powerfulness write or say: cars, route signs, as well as cookies.  
Then they count how many objects are inwards each category.  2 cars, iv roads signs, 2 cookies.

That's it.  I intend it would hold upwardly actually fun to lead keep a lot of diverse pictures for the kids then they could practise amongst lots of dissimilar objects as well as amongst dissimilar quantities.

Here is about other illustration that powerfulness lead keep dissimilar category choices fifty-fifty amongst the same picture.

It could hold upwardly considered vi circle things as well as vii foursquare things OR iv circle foods, vii crackers, & 2 plates OR they powerfulness only divulge xi foods as well as 2 plates.

There are belike to a greater extent than ways too!

Is in that place anyone who thinks they would purchase a pack of 50 pictures like to this for their classroom?

Math Action Thursday: Kindergarten (Greater To, Equal To, Less Than)

Maybe the science of greater than, equal to, together with less than is used a lot, only having the agreement of quantities is vital for mathematical understanding.  So, today my freebie reinforces K.CC.C.6 which states: Identify whether the publish of objects inwards i grouping is greater than, less than, or equal to the publish of objects inwards to a greater extent than or less other group, e.g., past times using matching together with counting strategies.

It's a game called "Who has more?"

This lilliputian game is uncomplicated together with hopefully your Kinder kids volition dearest it : ).  Kids ringlet a handleful of die onto a game board (it powerfulness survive best the game board is house inwards a shallow box together with hence the die don't wing everywhere).  They tape how many die are on each character's side together with they compare those values together with seat the right sign (greater to, equal to, or less than).  You tin download it gratis here at TpT or gratis here on TN.

So, in that place y'all bring it.  My calendar week has been crazy busy together with eventful (sewer business beingness repaired, a trip to the ER amongst my oldest for stitches, to a greater extent than or less other fry dwelling solid sick...).  Life is never tiresome here.  You are welcome to link up...

Have a non bad week! I'll meet y'all side past times side calendar week when nosotros volition bring MaTh action Th for i to a greater extent than Kindergarten focus together with the next calendar week amongst 1st Grade for the whole calendar month of February!

This postal service is also purpose of T.G.I.F. Linky Party !  Enjoy all the freebies in that place besides : )

B For Balancing (A To Z Blogging Challenge)

B is for Balancing!

As a kid I loved to balance.  I could residuum on i foot, residuum a baton on i finger, too sometimes I could residuum on my caput (but that was hard for to a greater extent than than 2 seconds!).  My favorite affair was in all probability walking on a skinny ledge piece I walked across!  It took a proficient internal balance.

To learn kids nigh residuum it is actually nigh distributing things every bit on each side.  Just expect at a scale...

Using a scale it is slow to meet when something is non inwards residuum or completely level.  Even expect at the = sign... does it expect balanced?  It is!  And that is because any nosotros pose on either side of the equal sign bring to balance.

I don't know if y'all noticed simply inwards my logo in that place is an equal sign.  Can y'all meet it?  When y'all expect at the moving painting of the scale, tin give the sack y'all meet the equal sign alongside the bar that holds the bowls?  I mean value it is fun to uncovering connections similar that too I mean value kids uncovering it fascinating too.

As y'all learn children they would in all probability dearest to live a scale!  Gather ii plastic bags too every bit weighted things to pose inwards the bags they concord inwards each hand.  Anything would work--tennis balls, boxes of crackers, candy, books, etc.  With their eyes shut tin give the sack they say if i side is heavier or if the weights are equal?

Exploring alongside math tin give the sack live a lot of fun.  Did y'all e'er notice the connectedness betwixt a balanced scale too the equal sign?

Math Alongside Ccss 5.Nbt.B.6

This is June as well as then nosotros are even as well as then focusing on fifth Grade for MaTh activeness Th : )

I was looking at CCSS 5.NBT.B.6 the other day.  It reads: Find whole-number quotients of whole numbers amongst upwardly to four-digit dividends as well as two-digit divisors, using strategies based on house value, the properties of operations, and/or the human relationship betwixt multiplication as well as division. Illustrate as well as explicate the calculation yesteryear using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or surface area models.


It basically agency that students tin create long sectionalization as well as hold upwardly able to sympathise the concept as well as what is happening instead of only doing the typical format.  Do your students brand arrays or surface area models when doing this?

Here is a sample sectionalization occupation I worked on...

Feel gratuitous to link upwardly your fifth degree math post service this month!

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5 Fun Ways To Learn Your Child Close Patterns

​By: Aradhana Pandey

The minds of footling kids are ever on a bespeak to acquire novel things. The teachings together with values that you lot impart to your kid during his formative years are jump to rest amongst him for a lifetime. The stronger the foundation that you lot laid upwards for your kid today, the to a greater extent than enriched his futurity volition be.

This also holds truthful equally far equally academics are concerned. The to a greater extent than streamlined your approach towards introducing your kid to the alphabet, the meliorate his agreement of languages volition be!

Similarly, when it comes to mathematics, i of the best tools to heighten his agreement of many concepts similar algebra together with strange together with fifty-fifty numbers is through patterns. Here are 5 fun ways you lot tin forcefulness out instruct your kid nearly patterns:

1. Creating Patterned Jewelry – If you lot convey a footling girl, she is certainly going to honey this activity! It offers an first-class fusion of the elements of learning together with fun together! Not alone does this activeness make your kid an agreement of patterns only also colors. It fifty-fifty aids inwards the evolution of their fine motor skills.

Supplies Required:

• Beads/Fruit Loops inwards 2-3 colors
• Thread
• Let your kid detect you lot set the commencement two-three beads/Fruit Loops inwards a thread inwards the blueprint AB, AB or ABC, ABC
• Let him consummate making the balance of the necklace or bracelet past times next the same blueprint throughout

2. Coloring And Creating Patterns – Does your kid appear to endure sitting bored on a sunny afternoon? Let him instead, indulge inwards a mentally stimulating activeness that’s also extremely enjoyable! While he enjoys doing what he loves best (coloring), he volition also improve his concentration levels together with agreement nearly patterns.

Supplies Required:

• Three sets of cutouts of dissimilar shaped coloring pages
• Crayons
• Let your kid color each of the 3 sets of the shape coloring page cutouts using dissimilar colors
• Place i laid upwards of the shape cutouts inwards the lodge ABC, ABC together with enquire your kid to house the remaining 2 sets inwards the same lodge land identifying each cutout’s shape together with color 

3. Making Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Patterned Banner – Party inwards the house? It’s the perfect fourth dimension for you lot to assay this patterned banner making activeness amongst your child! There’s goose egg meliorate than enjoying the festive spirit amongst a footling chip of learning, is there?

Supplies Required: Decorative papers – 3 dissimilar sets

• Scissors
• Thread
• Cut the decorative papers into pocket-sized triangles
• Start gluing the triangles of dissimilar colors inwards the blueprint AABBCC, AABBCC i past times one, on the thread
• Ask your kid to proceed to gum the remaining triangles, next the same blueprint you lot made

4. Stamping – Stamping is i of the most exciting ways to instruct your kid nearly patterns. You tin forcefulness out role everything from fruits, veggies, flowers to tiny buttons to practise patterns. What’s meliorate is that stamping also helps hone your child’s artistic flair!

Supplies Required:

• Non-toxic paints
• A Irish Gaelic patato together with an apple
• White canvas of paper
• Cut a pocket-sized Irish Gaelic patato together with an apple
• Ask your kid to dip the cutting Irish Gaelic patato together with apple tree into 2 dissimilar colored paints
• Now allow him postage the Irish Gaelic patato together with apple tree inwards a sequence, making the AB, AB pattern

5. Creating Lego Patterns – Is your footling i a Lego architect? Well then, this activeness is certain to endure a definite hitting amongst him! Use tiny Lego blocks to make your kid an uncomplicated agreement of patterns.

Supplies Required:

• Lego blocks together with characters
• Arrange a few Lego blocks inwards the ABCD, ABCD pattern
• Ask your kid to house the remaining blocks inwards the same order

We’re certain that your kid volition convey fun amongst these activities equally much equally he’ll acquire nearly patterns! Do allow us know which of these activities he liked best inwards the comments section!

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Author Bio

Aradhana is from India. She is a veteran author on topics concerning parenting, kid nutrition, wellness, wellness together with lifestyle. As a regular contributor to pop sites similar Huffington Post, Natural news, Elephant journal, Thehealthsite, Naturally Savvy, Curejoy together with MomJunction.com.  Aradhana writes to inspire together with motivate people to adopt salubrious habits together with alive a stress-free lifestyle.

Thanks for your insights Aradhana!  I know my immature lady enjoyed playing patterns amongst Kid K'Nex

Thank you lot for visiting today!

A Dandy Resource-- Dadsworksheets.Com

Hello everyone,

I promise everyone is enjoying the novel year! I late came across a smashing math resources site that is absolutely FREE! It's DadsWorksheets.com : )

They bring smashing charts, worksheets, as well as tons of worksheets to select from (over 8,000) all for free.  It is smashing for drill practice!

Here are a few examples

• Various Multiplication Charts
• Addition Worksheets
• I intend my favorite are the Spiral Addition Sheets--I would bring loved this every bit a kid!
• Fact Family Math

And in that place is as well as then much more!

I promise this resources helps you lot as well as your kids. Thanks for stopping by!

Math Action Thursday Amongst Popcorn! How Volition You Lot Role Popcorn To Reinforce Math?

Hello everyone!

I accept a fun video for you! Let me know what you lot think. Have you lot e'er used popcorn to hash out math?
 
I'd dear to know what other activities you lot create every 2nd you lot do math amongst your kids/students. Maybe I tin accept it endure a M.a.Th. video!

Take care!

Math Activeness Thursday Amongst Clovers! Freebie & Video : )

Hi Everyone!

It's most St. Patrick's Day, together with thence I made a footling freebie for you! Just impress it on dark-green re-create newspaper together with write math problems (or other things) to challenge your students.

You tin print it from HERE!

I made this footling video together with thence you lot tin come across the decorations beingness made. Super uncomplicated together with fun!

Also, I'm a invitee on GoodReadsWithRonna.com too! In illustration you lot didn't come across my review of Danica McKellar's novel book--Goodnight Numbers--Here is the link to that post : )

Have a nifty weekend!

Fractions Amongst Egg Cartons Returns For Math Activity Thursday!

Hey everyone!

It's that fourth dimension of year, plastic eggs are inward the aisles of the stores! So, it's fourth dimension to bust out your saved egg cartons too acquire to working on fractions!

I made this fun Math activity Th video for you!

I had a few one-time posts amongst fractions too egg cartons too:

• Math Activities amongst Eggs
• More fractions amongst Egg cartons

The link to the printable page of cartons is HERE too you lot powerfulness uncovering this cool fraction egg product on Amazon pretty useful!

Let me know what you lot intend nearly this activity! Have you lot tried it amongst your kids? How did it go?

New Fun Video Today! Math Action Thursday Alongside Play Dough--10 Ways To Convey Play Doh Move A #Math Activity!

Hello,

I'm together with hence happy amongst how my video turned out! Are yous a Play Doh lover? I know... closed to parents despise it since it tin become all over, exactly it tin hold out such an awesome tactile tool to operate for math activities!

I also shared these ideas inward my utter for the Great American Homeschool Convention final year, exactly hither I am showing yous the 10 ways to brand Play Dough math oriented : )

What create yous think? Have yous always used Play Doh to heighten your math activities?

Smartick Review: A Peachy App/Website That Helps Kids' Math Skills

Hey everybody,

It is Th in addition to instead of a Math activeness Th postal service I bring a keen review of an online resource... it's SmarTick method!

It is a 15-minute math review/explorations that kids consummate earlier they cash inward one's chips to play inward a trivial virtual Blue Planet in addition to play the extra games. My 4 kids tried it out in addition to I part inward this video a combat how that went.

SmarTick staff says, "SmarTick does non follow the official curriculum or State standards. SmarTick prepares your tyke to advance faster than inward schoolhouse in addition to beyond what’s taught inward the classroom. 94% of our students better their grades inward school."

After my kids tried out their services I tin encounter why! It is a keen plan that industrial plant alongside mental calculation, algebra, problem-solving in addition to critical thinking skills., in addition to includes logic exercises too!

You should assay out the plan in addition to encounter if your kids relish it. I know I loved whenever my 5 yr erstwhile would inquire to play because I knew she was actually working every bit she did her xv minutes of practice.

Have a keen week!

Math Action Thursday! Amongst Doilies In Addition To House Value (Since 1 Forgot To Postal Service Final Time)

I simply uploaded the latest math activeness Thursday! Do yous always purchase doilies because they hold off dandy but hence don't know what to create amongst them? I do! So, I convey some suggestions of what yous tin create amongst those doily packs yous convey unopen to your menage or classroom : )

This video is close making house value organisation models... pretty fun stuff!

I promise everyone is having a fun summertime too having fun amongst their kids or having an enjoyable interruption from the classroom : )

Let me know if yous convey whatever ideas yous desire to percentage for math activeness Th : )

Take care,