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by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published June 26, 2013 · Last modified June 23, 2015
We are only doing a light amount of school work at the moment, but I want to keep some of their math facts and skills fresh. Here are some math games I made to play with the kids. I made them in a patriotic theme since next Thursday is Independence Day, the 4th of July. My youngest is practicing doubling (1+1, 2+2, etc.). My other daughter is practicing squares (3×3, 7×7,...
Ages 2-6: Preschool (Age 4) / Homeschool Den / Math General Posts / Math: Preschool Math / Must Read
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published April 15, 2013 · Last modified April 29, 2016
It’s been a while since I talked about ED’s preschool math work. Here are some of the things we’ve been working on together during her math time. We’ve been starting by blasting off to space… 10, 9, 8, 7… or counting down from 20. (Yes, ED is in her pjs!) She’s practiced using tally sticks to lay out (or identify) numbers up to twenty. I’ve also been having her identify...
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by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 24, 2013 · Last modified March 10, 2016
Last week we spent the week doing a brief unit on measurement — the imperial units. We didn’t touch on the metric system at all. I wanted the kids to come away knowing the basic facts like 16 tablespoons in a cup and 4 quarts in a gallon. Day 1: I brought out a number of different bottles, cups and measuring spoons and the kids and I went over what...
Freebies / Holiday: St. Patrick's Day / Math General Posts / Math--Multiplication / Must Read
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 4, 2013 · Last modified February 17, 2016
I think DD’s going to love this one! She’s working hard to memorize her multiplication facts and I put together different types of practice pages for the next couple of weeks. There are 8 pages. As always, it is free to download. St Patricks Day Multiplication Pack Other Free St. Patrick’s Day Materials: St. Patrick’s Day Number Word Activities St. Patrick’s Day Addition Game Boards St. Patrick’s Day...
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by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 3, 2013 · Last modified April 6, 2016
Last week DD played many, many rounds of Fast Track. This is an idea I got years ago from Peggy Kaye’s wonderful book, Games for Math: Playful Ways to Help Your Child Learn Math, From Kindergarten to Third Grade (affiliate link). We used the little Pokemon-themed flashcards I made for her a month or so ago… she’s working hard on those multiplication facts! This is a homemade board with several...
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by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 2, 2013
Did you know that tweens in the U.S. spend about $15 billion of their own money each year? Wow! Hubby and I felt we’ve really not done a very good job on teaching the kids about money, saving and finances. We definitely want the kids to have more responsibility and practice with money while they are young… saving for trips (to have spending money) and spending their money wisely. This week,...
Holiday: Valentine's Day / Homeschool Den / Math General Posts / Math--Division / Must Read / Outdoor: Fossils
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published February 6, 2013 · Last modified February 8, 2019
Can you believe how quickly Valentine’s Day is approaching? Here’s a game I made to practice division. These games are free to download. 🙂 To Play: The first player draws a division card. She determines the answer and places a token on the heart. If another player has a token on the heart, the player can bump the other player’s token off and replace it with her own token. When...
Ages 2-6: Preschool (Age 4) / Freebies / Holiday: Valentine's Day / Homeschool Den / Math General Posts / Math--Addition / Math: Preschool Math / Must Read
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published February 4, 2013 · Last modified February 8, 2019
Doubling Practice – Games and Worksheets I made a Valentine’s Day Bump Game for my daughter who is still learning her addition (doubling) facts. We worked on these and from there we’ll move on doubling higher numbers 7 through 10s. After that, we’ll work for a while on “what comes after” and then go on to problems like 6+7. This is a game to practice doubling (1+1, 2+2, etc.). To...
Freebies / Holiday: Valentine's Day / Homeschool Den / Math General Posts / Math--Multiplication / Must Read
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published February 3, 2013 · Last modified February 8, 2019
Today, I thought I’d first share a couple of the games I made for the kids for Valentine’s Day since it’s quickly approaching. These games are free to download. 🙂 The first set are multiplication worksheets and game boards to practice the 4s and 6s times tables. **DD only started working on these today (Monday) and I saw there was an error on her paper. I corrected it and re-posted the...
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by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published January 25, 2013 · Last modified March 16, 2016
For the past couple of weeks, LD has learned about equivalent fractions in math. A week or so ago, I shared a couple of the packet and equivalent fraction cards I had made for him. We also bought a equivalent fractions dominoes game (and a fraction dominoes game for DD) and now that we’ve had a chance to play it a few times, I thought it was worth a mention...
Active Math Games / Freebies / Homeschool Den / Math General Posts / Math--Fractions / Must Read
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published January 11, 2013 · Last modified March 16, 2016
I made a set of equivalent fraction cards. LD has to figure out the correct answer and then moves that many spaces on our homemade Fast Track Gameboard. You can download these Equivalent Fraction Cards (pokemon-theme) here. They are free to download. 🙂 We made our own gameboard years ago and still have it tucked in the corner to pull out! This was an idea I got from the wonderful book, Games for...
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by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published January 9, 2013 · Last modified March 23, 2017
DD is learning her multiplication tables. Yesterday, I shared the multiplication practice worksheets I made for her in the Pokemon theme. I made her some cards with some of her beloved Pokemon characters. I’ll share it here in case anyone else is interested! Click here to download the Pokemon Multiplication Cards We’ll use these cards to play a game called Fast Track that we made years ago. This was an idea...
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by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published January 6, 2013 · Last modified March 16, 2016
I asked DD to choose a few of her favorite Pokemon characters and used these to add a little flavor to her multiplication practice sheets. If anyone is interested, you can download and print them off for your own kids. Multiplication Practice Sheets 3s through 6s (Pokemon) DD has been using a bunch of different resources in starting to learn her multiplication tables. She still has another page left of...
Freebies / Holiday: Christmas Activities / Homeschool Den / Math General Posts / Math--Division / Must Read
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published December 16, 2012 · Last modified March 16, 2016
I shared DD’s multiplication pages a couple days ago. Now here are the division pages I made for LD. He isn’t as inspired by the cute pages, but I still made a few pages for him. You can download the Christmas-themed-division here. I made the illustrations myself. There also some addition (with Pete the Cat) and multiplication (with Pete the Cat) pages in this same style. See you again soon...
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