Want a fun math game to practice mental math? Clumsy Thief is an exciting, fast-paced game that makes addition pairs to 100 exciting and believe it or not, hilarious. Because there's stealing involved. (Hence the thief part of the game. Which makes everything more fun.) Clumsy Thief Card Game Players are dealt 7 cards each. Each player look for card pairs that add up to 100. (50 + 50, 80 … [Read more...]
Hands-On Addition Activity from 100 Fun and Easy Learning Games for Kids
The Educator's Spin On It bloggers, Kim Vij and Amanda Boyarshinov just published a great book for young learners called 100 Fun and Easy Learning Games for Kids. The photographs are gorgeous, the directions clear, and the ideas engaging. I love the variety of activities in the different subjects of reading, writing, math, science, art, music and global studies. One of the many fun … [Read more...]
Engaging Math Dice Multiplication Game
As you know, I'm a huge fan of Think Fun's learning games for kids. Their latest math game, Math Dice Chase, is an engaging game for kids practicing multiplication skills. It's like Hot Potato but with multiplication and pairs of dice. I think it's best for 3 to 6 players and highly recommend it for classrooms. Math Dice Chase Multiplication Game How to Play Math Dice Chase 1. Sit in a … [Read more...]
Möbi Math Facts Game Review
Möbi is a crossword style game for math facts --basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and addition. I say basic because the numbers only go to 12 so you're limited in the equations you can create. Although you're competing against an opponent or opponents, it's almost like your own game since you work at your own pace to make equations and get rid of all your blue number … [Read more...]
STEAM Education Activity: Bungee Barbie
Get out your Barbies (or any other action figures) for a super easy but tons of fun STEAM / STEM activity. Big thanks to my 10-year old's amazing science teacher, Chris Lazartic, for this fun science (physics,) engineering, and math (measurement,) activity idea! If you want the lesson plans for this activity, visit the NCTM website. STEAM Education Activity: Bungee Barbie Your goal is to … [Read more...]
The Benefits of Mind Mapping STEM Concepts
Mind mapping STEM concepts using the Post-it® Super Sticky Notes, Flags, and Tabs from the Post-it® Brand World of Color Rio de Janeiro collection allows students to visually see the connections between ideas or information. In a mind map, each fact or idea is written down with lines connecting to other ideas or facts. This is an important tool when learning Although these subjects will … [Read more...]
Table Time Learning Tablecloth
I'm loving the Table-Time Look & Learn “Mostly Math” learning tablecloth! Can you imagine sitting at this educational tablecloth? Your kids, ages 18 mos. to 6 years, will discover 20 fun, interactive math concepts. Table Time Learning Tablecloth for PreK - K Here's the whole picture of what's on the tablecloth . . . Look how many concepts! Sit here and you'll get to practice your … [Read more...]
40+ Coding Classes, Websites, Games, and Apps for Kids
If you're looking for coding or pre-coding classes, games, toys, and apps, for your kids to learn to code, you'll find everything you need here. But first, let's define terms. Coding is learning a foreign language -- a machine foreign language. Just like any language, the ability to read and write it is a literacy of it's own. The biggest benefit of learning to code is that kids develop … [Read more...]
UMIGO Free Math Website
UMiGO, short for "You Make It Go," is a free math website for first and second graders, kids ages 6 and 7. It's an inventive combination of video stories with games embedded within the narrative. UMiGO calls this "appisodes." The website provides lessons and practice in problem solving and early math skills such as: measurement, addition, skip counting, 2D shapes,and greater than / less than -- … [Read more...]
ALEKS Math Website for Kids
Parents, you can avoid any summer slide and even help your kids get ahead in math with ALEKS, a web-based, artificially intelligent mathematics assessment and learning system from McGraw Hill Education correlated to NCTM standards. It's an innovative, award-winning math website for kids third grade and up that will keep them actively learning all summer long. ALEKS Math Website for Kids The math … [Read more...]
Summer Math Activities for Kids
I hope you've downloaded my free summer learning printables -- Brain Camp -- and seen the math options from which your kid can choose. If not, here's the link. Today, I want to make sure you have all the resources you'll need to help your kids in elementary (primary) school with these fun summer math activities. Summer Math Activities for Kids 1. Math Apps Addition & Subtraction … [Read more...]
STEM Summer Camps and Classes
Avoiding the summer learning loss can be challenging but Sylvan Learning's Sylvan Edge is excited to announce a solution! They're offering new STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) summer camps and classes. To register or get more information, go here. [fbvideo link="http://www.facebook.com/SylvanLearning/videos/vb.86025872738/10153002203897739/?type=1&theater" width="560" … [Read more...]