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Ages 2-6: Clocks - Telling Time / Kindergarten / Kindergarten Math / Math General Posts
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published May 28, 2018 · Last modified July 8, 2020
These free activity pages will help your kids become familiar with how to read a thermometer. They will compare the temperatures in Fahrenheit and Celsius and will begin to recognize the temperature in winter, spring/fall or summer in Fahrenheit and/or Celsius. Print out the thermometers on card stock. Cut them out. Have the kids put them in order from coolest to warmest or from warmest to coolest. Remind them that...
Ages 2-6: Preschool (Age 4) / Holiday: St. Patrick's Day / Kindergarten / Kindergarten Math / Math--Addition
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 1, 2018
I have just added the next seasonal set to the Addition Bundle! This is a set of St. Patrick’s Day Subtraction Games. You can print them out in either color or black & white (or a combination)! The first (easy) game has subtraction problems with answers of 2, 3 or 4. For example, 5-3= 8-5= or 10-6= The second (challenging) game has problems with answers of 6, 7, 8 or...
Holiday: Valentine's Day / Kindergarten Math / Math--Addition / Math: Preschool Math
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published February 1, 2018 · Last modified February 2, 2020
I thought it would be fun to add some seasonal math games to the Addition Bundle! I added three new games and a number of Montessori-style addition pages just in time for Valentine’s Day! This bundle continues to grow! 🙂 There are three different game board sets of Valentine’s Day Games: What comes before, What comes after Game: For this game, players will spin both spinners. Once they determine the...
Kindergarten Math / Math--Multiplication / Math: Preschool Math
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published December 27, 2017 · Last modified July 25, 2021
FREE Winter Skip Counting Pages! If your kids are learning to skip-count, you might enjoy these free skip counting mazes for the 2s, 3s, 5s and 10s. My kids really enjoyed these type of activity pages when they were 4-6 years old or so. Learning to skip count really helps kids learn their multiplication and division facts! Enjoy! ~Liesl Click Here for the Freebie: Winter-Skip Counting Mazes: 2 3 5...
Ages 2-6: Preschool (Age 4) / Ages 2-6: Preschool and Toddler Activities / Ages 2-6: Preschool at Home / Freebies / Homeschool Den / Kindergarten / Kindergarten Math / Math--Addition
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published October 4, 2017 · Last modified September 30, 2018
When my kids were first learning to do double-digit addition, I found some Montessori math worksheets that worked extremely well for them. They could follow the color scheme and also there was plenty of room for them to write in the numbers. I wound up making numerous sets for them. I thought I would make a new set in a fall theme for those of you with kids just delving...
Freebies / Kindergarten Math / Math General Posts / Math--Addition / Math--Multiplication
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published April 20, 2017
My kids *loved* playing games to help them learn their math facts. I made a fancy version of amath fact game we used to play. It’s free to download! This game takes less than 10 minutes to play (though perhaps more if your kids are like mine and beg to play again and again!!). To play this game, you need a die or a wooden cube with the numbers 1...
Freebies / Kindergarten Math / Math General Posts / Math--Multiplication
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 29, 2017 · Last modified April 26, 2022
We have some fun spring butterfly skip counting practice sheets to share with you today! These skip counting worksheets are free to download! These colorful skip counting mazes cover the 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s and 10s. Before the kids tackle the mazes, have them fill out the missing numbers in the skip counting rows. Then move on to the maze. Have your student start with the number and skip count...
Ages 2-6: Preschool at Home / Homeschool Den / Kindergarten / Kindergarten Math / Math--Addition
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 23, 2017 · Last modified February 3, 2018
Fact Family Games and Worksheets: 30+ page Packet This new packet can be purchased separately, but is also included in our growing Addition Bundle! It is currently over 25o pages and consists of 7 pdfs! Here is what is included in the Fact Family Packet: Fact Families 5s through 19s (plus a Doubling game board) When my kids were learning their addition facts, we played a lot of games together. ...
Ages 2-6: Preschool (Age 4) / Ages 2-6: Preschool at Home / Freebies / Homeschool Den / Kindergarten / Kindergarten Math / Math: Preschool Math
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 12, 2017 · Last modified June 17, 2020
When my daughter was just going into kindergarten she loved math, but I had a hard time finding material that worked well for her, so I created various materials for her. Today, I’m going to share a 10-page Math Challenge Math Packet with you that may work for your 4 to 6-year old. What kinds of things are in the Math Challenge Packet? Counting (legs, candy, eyes, etc.!), graphing and...
Freebies / Holiday: Valentine's Day / Homeschool Den / Kindergarten Math / Math General Posts
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published February 8, 2017 · Last modified February 6, 2022
Today, I have a set of Valentine’s skip counting mazes to share with you. My kids loved these types of math activities! In these sheets the kids have to skip count by 2s above and below the mazes. Then, they have to skip count as many times as they can in the number grid. Answer pages are included. These skip counting worksheets are free to download: Valentines Day Skip Counting...
Freebies / Holiday: Thanksgiving / Homeschool Den / Kindergarten Math / Math--Multiplication
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published November 8, 2016 · Last modified February 6, 2022
This post has lots of free Fall and Thanksgiving math printables including these free skip counting worksheets. The skip counting mazes review the 2s 3s 5s and 10s. In the maze, kids have to find the numbers 2 through 22, 3 through 33, 5 through 55 and 10 through 110. To find the skip counting row, move in any direction up, down, left, right, diagonal! Download the FREE Skip Counting...
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by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published November 6, 2016 · Last modified July 19, 2020
How to Create Your Own Homeschool Curriculum: K, Gr. 1 This FREE 50-page Homeschool Resource has been created to help answer some basic questions: What subjects should I teach my Kindergartner/1st Grader? Where do I start? How do I know what to teach my kids? Every child is different, but I wanted to offer a starting point. Hopefully you’ll find some ideas and printables that will work with your kids!...
Ages 2-6: Preschool (Age 4) / Freebies / Kindergarten / Kindergarten Math / Math-Money
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published September 23, 2016 · Last modified January 17, 2019
Do your kids know how to count coins? Today’s printable will help them practice this skill! Use the printable coin cards either to make a file folder game or as a memory game. It is currently FREE to download. 🙂 Younger kids in your family can use real coins and match them to the coin cards. (Be sure to supervise any children who might put coins in their mouths.) I...
Freebies / Kindergarten Math / Math General Posts / Math--Addition / Math--Multiplication / Math: Pre-Algebra
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published September 16, 2016 · Last modified September 11, 2018
This math printable can be used for any math practice. You can use any math fact cards, even for simple number recognition for younger kids. You can use any of the numbers that will work for your child or just create your own math problems on index cards. Use it for number recognition (for younger kids) and move that many spaces around the board addition facts (6+7) or subtraction problems...
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Do your kids know the 4 largest countries? Which countries have the most people? The longest river? This packet covers basic world and U.S. facts and also covers geographic features and land forms.
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How the body is organized from cells to tissues... organs to body systems
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