Make math part of the summer fun—without kids even noticing! Everyday activities like cooking, shopping, building, and exploring are full of simple ways to sneak in counting, measuring, estimating, and problem-solving. Keep math skills sharp all summer long while your …
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Learning about money is a foundational math skill and incorporating poems and songs can make it both engaging and memorable. Counting pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters teaches kids number sense and money math, while recognizing patterns in 1’s, 5’s, and …
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Fun Fall Leaves Math Grid Games
by Teach Mamaby Teach MamaCelebrate Fall with fun easy math grid games for two or more players that promotes math manipulation, strategy, reading and plant identification…plus possibly getting to eat the game pieces! Included are versions for Pre-K through Kindergarten, First through Second Grade …
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playing with money: counting, wrapping, estimating coins
by Teach Mamaby Teach MamaThis week our Smart Summer Challenge theme is Government–and what better way to start the week off than by playing with money? Okay, so we really started the week off with a flag cake, but who’s really keeping track? We’ve …
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We are huge weather fans over here. Looking at the day’s forecast has become a regular part of our morning ever since the kids were really little. Though our family may be a growing minority of people who are still …
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Our summer took a crazy turn about two weeks ago when we learned that Maddy needed to have a tonsillectomy before the end of the summer. With just a few days to shove in all of our summertime fun, poor …
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adding practice with street sign math
by Teach Mamaby Teach MamaToday, we hit the road a bit, to a new-for-us library to hang out with some friends and learn about 4-H and county fairs and then to (our fave!) Ikea to pass a rainy afternoon. (And the free kids’ meals …
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A funny thing happened to me when I dumped out all of our Relay for Life donations on Owen’s bedroom floor the other day–I realized that I had never really talked to Maddy and Owen about coins and coin values. …