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Ages 2-6: Fall Theme / Freebies / Holiday: Thanksgiving / Homeschool Den / Kindergarten Math / Math General Posts / Math--Addition / Math--Fractions / Math--Multiplication
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published November 16, 2013 · Last modified March 10, 2016
I’m always SO grateful for the educators who share their materials for free! I was looking for some Thanksgiving themed math materials for my kids and came across a number of free games and printables (most are from TeachersPayTeachers which you need to register (free) to be able to download). We have taken a number of pages for ED’s kindergarten math from Royal Baloo’s Thanksgiving Math Pack Use a hole...
Homeschool Den / Kindergarten Math / Math General Posts / Math--Addition
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published November 14, 2013 · Last modified May 15, 2016
It has been a while since I talked about what ED is doing for math. Kindergarten math for ED has included a smorgasbord of materials. She spent the first month or so really working on her doubling math facts (1+1 through 9+9). She has those down now. Although we have a couple of math (homeschool) curriculums (Singapore Grade 1 and Saxon Grade 1) for whatever reason, neither of those really...
Freebies / Homeschool Den / Kindergarten Math / Math General Posts / Math--Division
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published November 7, 2013 · Last modified April 10, 2016
DD is just now moving into long division–by that I mean we’ve done about a half-dozen problems together. She really didn’t get it at all… so I wanted a more hands on way of showing her what was happening. Last week I made ED some kitty place value cards (haven’t gotten that post done!) for her to work on building numbers into the thousands, but it occurred to me that...
Freebies / Kindergarten Math / Math General Posts / Math--Addition / Math--Multiplication
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published October 25, 2013 · Last modified March 29, 2016
Before my surgery I had made some dragon themed math pages for the kids to work on while I was out last week. I drew the red and blue dragons myself. For some reason the kids are VERY into dragons and hippogriffs at the moment! My drawings turned out reasonably cute (I’ll paste them in below to show you), but for some reason when I printed them, the pictures look...
Holiday: Halloween / Homeschool Den / Kindergarten / Kindergarten Math / Math General Posts / Math--Addition
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published October 21, 2013 · Last modified March 29, 2016
Can you believe how soon Halloween will be here? I’ve been trying to come up with some fun, interactive math activities for ED. I loved the idea I saw out on Pinterest back in the summer where someone used googly eyes as manipulatives for addition practice. I drew our own little monster and made ED a packet with some flashcards and addition pages. She is learning very simple addition. ...
Active Math Games / Freebies / Homeschool Den / Math General Posts / Math--Multiplication
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published October 8, 2013 · Last modified April 2, 2017
DD has learned most of her multiplication facts, but she still needs lots of extra practice because it takes her a while to come up with the answer sometimes. I’m trying to find some fun ways to keep her practicing them and making sure she has them memorized and can recite the answer quickly. So here’s a post covering some of the fun ways we’re reviewing those facts… everything from...
Kindergarten Math / Math General Posts / Math--Addition
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published October 1, 2013 · Last modified February 22, 2016
ED loves kittens and I made this game for her to practice her doubling. It’s a pretty straight-forward game. Just roll the die, double the number and move the token up one space. This doesn’t have to be a competitive game… the players just guess which kitty is going to win the game. (I drew all these kitties — not professional by any means but ED likes them and the fact...
Active Math Games / Freebies / Kindergarten Math / Math General Posts / Math--Addition / Math--Multiplication
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published September 26, 2013 · Last modified March 1, 2016
This week I brought out a math game board to go over some math facts with the kids. The great thing about this board is that the kids can practice any math skill they’re working on. A player can start on any green start space. If she answers a math fact card correctly, she rolls the die and moves clockwise around the gameboard. If she lands on a space such...
Active Math Games / Kindergarten / Kindergarten Math / Math General Posts / Math--Addition
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published September 11, 2013 · Last modified February 22, 2016
Active Addition Games: Last week, we rolled back the rug and taped down some addition facts ED is working on (the doubles 1+1 through 9+9). ED loved that we made this an all-body experience! First, she went through each problem, shouted out the answer and hopped to the next one… Next, I set out all the answers at the end. She had to run, find the answer and place...
Ages 2-6: Preschool (Age 4) / Homeschool Den / Kindergarten / Kindergarten Math / Math General Posts / Math: Preschool Math
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published September 3, 2013 · Last modified April 13, 2016
This week, ED is going to work on place value. She still needs work on her double digits (not reversing fourteen as 41 and so forth).There’s a game we haven’t played in ages called Sunny Side Up that is just perfect for reviewing those double digit numbers. I made some new game sheets for her and will share it for anyone else who might be interested. First, here’s how to...
Ages 2-6: Preschool (Age 4) / Homeschool Den / Kindergarten / Kindergarten Math / Math General Posts / Math: Preschool Math
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published August 28, 2013 · Last modified October 10, 2016
Yesterday, I shared the free math lapbook I made for my daughter. Depending on your child it may be appropriate for kids between 4 and 6 or so. Today I wanted to share a little bit about how I’m using the calendar pieces. She’s been taking the days of the week from the lapbook and putting them in order She’s then been using these in her daily calendar page. If...
Kindergarten / Kindergarten Math / Lapbooks / Math General Posts / Math--Addition
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published August 27, 2013 · Last modified February 18, 2017
At the end of the year last year, I had ED cut out and put together a math lapbook. We didn’t go over much of the material in it, but I wanted the lapbook mostly done for the beginning of this year. We had a few finishing touches. For example, we hadn’t attached the left and right hands — so ED glued those on the front of her lapbook. (We...
Kindergarten / Kindergarten Math / Math General Posts
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published August 26, 2013 · Last modified March 10, 2016
We took much of the summer off. We started easing back into a bit of school after our trip to Colorado. We start earlier than others in our area because we take time off and family trips when it suits us. Day One: Over the summer, I continued to skip count by 2s, 5s and 10s when she brushed her teeth. Since we never really covered the concept of odds...
Active Math Games / Kindergarten / Math General Posts / Math--Addition
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published July 11, 2013
Practically everyone has a Candy Land board around, right? I came across an adorable addition game to go along with the classic board game Candy Land. If you’re looking to review some basic math facts with your child this summer you might want to print out the cards offered by Mel at Teachers Pay Teachers. It’s free at the moment; I don’t know if it normally costs something to download...
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