You know the book, Five Little Pumpkins, right? It's a Halloween favorite in many preschools and early elementary school classrooms and libraries this time of year. We decided to take our love for the pumpkin book and create our own Five Little Pumpkins counting by fives math activity. This was a fun fingerprint painting craft with a math spin that was fun for all of my kids, from preschool on up through elementary-aged. Try this creative … [Read more...]
Fall Tree Math Craft
This fall tree math craft is a fun way to celebrate the colors of fall with a math theme. We made this triangle tree using colored tissue paper while working on math concepts of triangle shapes with my preschooler, but this math activity could definitely be modified for the older child who is learning about different types of triangles. Add this math activity to your fall fun this season for a learning experience that the kids will … [Read more...]
Apple Theme Math Activity
This apple theme math activity is perfect for building fine motor skills. It's a creative way to get the kids learning and developing important skills with an apple theme! This activity was a quick one to set up and one that brought on a few "Wows!" It quickly became a favorite new way to learn and develop math skills. Apple Theme Math Activity You'll need just a few materials to create this apple tree: Red tissue paper, cut into long … [Read more...]
Balloon Math Activities
It doesn't take much to make kids happy. A one dollar bag of balloons seems to create a lot of smiles. Add some numbers into the mix and you've got fun balloon math activities that won't be forgotten. These balloon math activities were a hit with my whole crew of kids and we are certainly going to be doing this activity again, soon. Recently, we had a birthday in our house and ended up with a spare bag of party balloons. My kids seem to zero in … [Read more...]
Teach Kids How to Tell Time
In the age of electronic everything telling time can be a hard skill for kids to master. Anything that can make teaching how to tell time fun is a sure winner--which is why we love this rock clock activity so much. It's so much easier to understand the concepts of time and elapsed time with hands on exploration! (affiliate links included below) This hands-on math activity is inspired by the new book 100 Fun and Easy Learning Games for Kids by … [Read more...]
Rock and Roll Place Value Math Activity
A creative math activity is sure to get the kids having fun and learning. This Rock and Roll Place Value Math activity uses rocks and dice to work on place value and many math concepts. We just worked on place value with this activity, but you could adjust it to address addition and subtraction too. Start looking for great rocks to use in learning activities, because this was a fun one! Rock and Roll Place Value Math Activity This math … [Read more...]
Sight Word STEM Activity
Practicing sight words can be bor-ing! You can sort through the flash cards day after day, and while the kids might start to recognize their sight words, they will come to dread that little pile of paper words! It can be fun to try to come up with creative sight word activities to make learning fun and this Sight Word STEM Activity is definitely not boring! Practice sight word recognition by using them to build three dimensional shapes like these … [Read more...]
Flower Math Activity
Are you as ready for Spring as we are? My kids love all things flowers and nature this time of year so and this Flower math activity was a big hit with them! I love to come up with fun math activities to enrich what's been taught in my kids' classroom, and this is a creative way to get excited about Spring while practicing math skills. Working on addition and subtraction is fun with bright and colorful flowers. We practiced constructing and … [Read more...]
