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by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published April 5, 2014 · Last modified April 25, 2016
I’ve been trying to get some planning and printing done this afternoon for our homeschool next week. We’re going to add some critical thinking activities back into our schedule and I often pull out Sudoku puzzles for the kids to work on while I’m gathering materials (that down time while I’m trying to get my act together!). The kids LOVE these puzzles. Krazy Dad has hundreds and hundreds of Sudoku...
Kindergarten Math / Math General Posts / Math-Money
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published April 3, 2014 · Last modified March 9, 2016
ED has been working on coins for math. To be honest, sometimes things just don’t get accomplished unless I’ve taken some time before-hand to get things ready. Here are some activities I got together for her. I grabbed our coin bowl and made pre-made ziploc bags of coins for her to match. There is one extra card for each packet. I placed five small ziploc bags with pre-counted amounts of coins...
Ages 2-6: Pete the Cat Unit / Freebies / Kindergarten Math / Math General Posts / Math--Addition
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 24, 2014 · Last modified May 11, 2023
If you are doing a Pete the Cat Unit, your kids might enjoy these FREE Addition Subtraction Worksheets inspired by Pete the Cat! My daughter borrowed several Pete the Cat books (affiliate link) from the library last week. She’s been reading them over and over, so I made her a couple of math practice pages with a Pete the Cat type theme! She quickly used up those pages and I...
Active Math Games / Math General Posts
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 24, 2014 · Last modified March 21, 2018
Now that we’re back in the swing of things, I thought I would post all these ideas again. I shared them originally in my series about “How to Start Homeschooling,” but all of these are fun for seasoned homeschoolers too!! Math can be so fun! What can you do to make math come alive? Go into detail about measuring cups when you bake and cook. Incorporate math in the grocery...
Holiday: St. Patrick's Day / Kindergarten / Kindergarten Math / Math General Posts
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 13, 2014 · Last modified February 17, 2016
ED is working on number words this week. These are some St. Patrick’s Day sheets I made for her. I thought I would share them with you. Just click on the link below: St Patricks Day Numeral and Number Words Activities There are four pages. The first sheet is a numeral-word matching page. The second is skip-counting page. The other two sheets are board games. ED rolled a number and...
Freebies / Holiday: St. Patrick's Day / Math--Division
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 9, 2014 · Last modified March 1, 2017
I made this division board game for my older two to review their math facts. They saw the addition games I made for ED and wanted one of their own! I thought I would share that here for anyone else might be interested in playing this with their kids! St. Patrick’s Day is Monday, March 17 this year. Download the free St. Patrick’s Day Division Board Game: Other Free St....
Freebies / Holiday: St. Patrick's Day / Math General Posts / Math--Multiplication
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 8, 2014 · Last modified March 1, 2017
Here are some multiplication pages I made for DD when she was working on memorizing her multiplication facts last year. I put together a number of different practice pages. 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 Addition Game Boards St. Patrick’s Day Multiplication Pack St. Patrick’s Day Division Game Board and Division...
Freebies / Holiday: St. Patrick's Day / Kindergarten Math / Math General Posts / Math--Addition
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 7, 2014 · Last modified March 1, 2017
St. Patrick’s Day is coming up Monday, March 17th. I’ve made a number of math activities to get into the spirit! Today I’m sharing some game boards that I made for my daughter to practice some of her addition facts. There are three different game boards. One to practice making 9 (4+5, 6+3), one for making 14 (10+4, 7+&) and one for making 15 (7+8, etc.). There’s also a blank...
Kindergarten Math / Math General Posts / Must Read
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published February 19, 2014 · Last modified March 1, 2020
Here is the free math lapbook ED (and I) made together. It has all kinds of different activities she was working on from the days of the week and months of the year to the concept of odd-even, more-less, doubling, and other things! 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...
Ages 2-6: Preschool and Toddler Activities / Ages 2-6: Preschool at Home / Ages 2-6: Preschool for ED - Fall 2011 (age 3 1/2) / Math: Preschool Math
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published February 13, 2014 · Last modified February 20, 2016
Have you heard of a seguin board? It’s a Montessori math tool for helping young kids understand place value. When ED was little (about 3), I made a printable and used it to work with her when she was ready to tackle the teen numbers. She used to skip some of the numbers after 13. I used a homemade version of the Montessori seguin board (download the seguin board activity...
Holiday: Valentine's Day / Kindergarten Math / Math General Posts
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published February 8, 2014 · Last modified April 13, 2016
This morning I made these Valentine’s Day Math Addition pages for ED to work on this next week. There are five pages. You can download them free by clicking on the link: Valentine’s Day Addition Pages If you found these helpful, I’d love to hear from you over on my Homeschool Den Facebook Page. This is also a great way to browse through past posts you may have missed. Hope...
Holiday: Valentine's Day / Math General Posts
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published February 7, 2014 · Last modified January 18, 2019
Here are some of the Valentine’s math sheets and games I have made for the kids. These are all free to download. Enjoy! ~Liesl Valentine’s Multiplication Worksheets and Game Boards Valentine’s Bump Game Doubling (Addition) Valentine’s Bump Game — Division – Game board and cards Valentine’s Day Multiplication, Skip Counting Pages 2s, 5s, 10s and Addition (with regrouping) You might be interested in these posts: 10 Ways To Fill Your...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published January 31, 2014 · Last modified April 30, 2016
When I was creating the post about practicing time, I remembered the Counting Kitties activity sheets I made for ED when she was 3 or so. I thought I would share them again. I had ED count the number of kitties and then color in the corresponding number of squares below. It helps them learn one-to-one correspondence. At the time, it was a little on the easy side for my daughter,...
Ages 2-6: Clocks - Telling Time / Homeschool Den / Kindergarten Math / Math General Posts / Must Read
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published January 30, 2014 · Last modified December 19, 2016
When I shared the free skip-counting pages a little while back, I mentioned that ED has been working a lot on clocks. I thought I’d share some of the clock-type activities we use in our homeschool. I made ED a packet of time sheets from the Teacher’s Corner: Time Worksheet Generator. You can create worksheets that suit your child’s needs. You can create worksheets to the hour, half-hour, quarter hour,...
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