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Holiday: Halloween / Math--Multiplication
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published October 20, 2015 · Last modified October 15, 2022
I have a 30-page Halloween-themed Multiplication Packet to share with my amazing readers today! This packet has 20 or so multiplication worksheets. These cover the 2s through the 9s (even though my daughter hasn’t covered all the math fact families yet, I still included all of them.) You can print out two pages on one sheet to save space. I printed two per page, folded them in half and...
Homeschool Den / Math--Multiplication
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published October 13, 2015 · Last modified October 12, 2015
Today I have a freebie for you. My kids still love playing Minecraft… and ED likes the Minecraft themed math worksheet characters I made. So, here’s yet another set of Minecraft math worksheets! I made these for practicing multiplication by 7s (for beginners). ED knows the “song” for skip-counting by 7s. We sing the 7s to the tune of Row, Row, Row Your Boat: 7, 14 21 28, 35 42...
Homeschool Den / Math--Multiplication
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published October 7, 2015 · Last modified February 13, 2017
The past week or so, ED has been playing some online multiplication games to work on her math facts. I wanted to highlight some of the ones she has been having fun with. My girls’ favorite from multiplication.com is called Fairy Fun. The picture adds more and more detail as you answer the problems correctly. You can highlight more than one set of multiplication facts (you could select 2s, 3s and...
Ages 2-6: Fall Theme / Freebies / Math--Multiplication
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published September 28, 2015 · Last modified November 15, 2016
ED is working on her multiplication facts this year. She has been skip counting by 6s for the past year in large part because of the hand-clapping game I made up for the girls last year. I’ll post that video in below. This year she’s moving on to learning the multiplication facts. She is doing really well with the 3s now… and while most people would go on to the...
Active Math Games / Homeschool Den / Math--Division / Math--Multiplication / Math: Pre-Algebra
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published September 21, 2015
The weather is gorgeous, so once again it was time to take advantage of the lovely temperatures, get active, and practice some math! For this game we drew a giant circle out of chalk and put numbers into each space all around the circle. Which numbers? We wrote down the numbers as we skip counted by 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s. (2 thru 20, 3 thru 30, 4 thru 40 and...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published September 21, 2015 · Last modified March 1, 2016
Later today, I will be sharing an active, outdoor math game that the kids played last week. I needed a set of Pre-Algebra type problems that had certain answers so that LD could play an active math fact game with the girls. More about the game in a few hours (and I’ll link to it), but in this particular post I wanted to share the Order of Operations cards printable. ...
Homeschool Den / Math General Posts / Math--Addition
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published September 7, 2015
Today I’m going to share this Minecraft themed addition and subtraction packet that I made for my daughter. It’s free to download! It’s the beginning of the year, so ED definitely needs some review of some of the basic addition and subtraction facts. Combine math facts with her beloved Minecraft characters and she’ll beg to “play” more!! Although they are not presented in this order in the packet, we first...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published August 3, 2015 · Last modified January 27, 2019
I have a Multiplication by 3s File Folder Game to share with you today! It’s free to download! ED will be working a lot this year on basic multiplication facts. She’ll be starting the year with the 2s, 3s, 5s, and 10s. It’s always better when it’s fun and colorful, so I made her this file folder game for practicing skip counting and multiplication by 3s. How do you use...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published June 17, 2015 · Last modified April 25, 2016
Whether you are going on a long trip or writing the kids a letter at camp, these printables might come in handy this summer!! We have been using Krazy Dad’s website for years and I wanted to highlight them again since just recently I pulled out some of the printables we made again. I love that his materials are so varied. So, while ED is working on the harder 4×4...
Homeschool Den / Math: Pre-Algebra
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published June 9, 2015 · Last modified March 18, 2019
If you’ve followed our blog for a while, you know that we use a lot of different curriculums. Math is no exception! This year LD used five different math curriculums… two that polished up some 6th grade math (arithmetic) skills (such as percents/decimals/fractions) and three PreAlgebra texts. They all covered different skills. The main spine for PreAlgebra was the Art of Problem Solving–Prealgebra. (affliliate link) [See the update about this resource below!]...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published May 27, 2015 · Last modified November 3, 2016
ED is just beginning to work on multiplication. She has been practicing skip counting all year, but is only now starting to work on multiplication itself. I made this bug-themed packet for her for math this week. There are 3 skip counting pages and 5 pages of multiplication practice (using skip counting). She really liked the bug theme… and that’s perfect as we move into summer, right?! These are currently...
Ages 2-6: Preschool (Age 4) / Ages 2-6: Preschool at Home / Ages 2-6: Preschool for ED - Fall 2011 (age 3 1/2) / Kindergarten Math / Math--Addition / Math: Preschool Math
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published May 22, 2015 · Last modified February 22, 2016
I made a cute flower-themed math packet for kids just starting on basic addition through 10. There are a couple different activities to practice working with the 5s and 10s Number Families. There are two worksheets for kids to supply the missing number for the 5 and 10 Number Families. My kids always loved games and would beg to play games like the one below over and over! This is basically a...
What math homeschool curriculum works well for your family? We have tried out many different homeschool curriculums. I tried to come up with a fairly comprehensive list of math curriculums that are available. This week, I updated and added to last year’s post on Choosing a Homeschool Math Curriculum. That post was so meaty and has so many good links, I’m going to send you straight there! Just let me add,...
We’re trying to fit in some fun schoolish activities as the year winds down. It has been quite a while since we pulled out the fraction dominoes and the kids all enjoyed playing this game. Even ED, who hasn’t done much with fractions yet quickly caught on and played with us! You can either match up equivalent fractions or you can match fractions that add up to 1. Below, we’re...
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