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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...
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...
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...
Freebies / Holiday: Christmas Activities / Homeschool Den / Math General Posts / Math--Multiplication / Must Read
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published December 14, 2012 · Last modified March 16, 2016
The girls beg me daily for new “cute stuff” in their workboxes. The moment I have something for one–the other is clamoring for something new too! When I told DD about this new pack she ran as fast as she could to her math workbox, pulled it out and filled out the first page! How’s that for motivation?!! DD is working on her multiplication tables from 1s through 5s. I drew these...
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by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published December 11, 2012 · Last modified March 16, 2016
ED continued to work on things she selected from her workbox with the Pete the Cat theme. She worked through this addition page I made for her… Buttons Addition for Pete the Cat Here’s ED doing the activity a couple of days ago: She loved the Pete the Cat Die and graph from Herding Kats. The Pete the Cat Roll and Color is by Shannon over at Kindergarten Hoppenings. ED especially liked...
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published February 21, 2012 · Last modified August 13, 2016
Hi again! I’m Liesl. That’s a picture of me as we hiked down into the Grand Canyon in May. Love that we have the flexibility to create our own schedule… and can define what learning is! We feel that homeschooling is not just learning out of a book, it’s the experiences we have in the wider world too! 🙂 Before I tell you about myself, let me address some of...
Math General Posts / Math--Addition
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published July 11, 2011 · Last modified December 4, 2015
This activity was made by a teacher named Debbie. It’s called Feed the Dog and has problems such as 10-7, 12-8, 2+5 and 3+2. I saw it at Oceans of First Grade Fun. You’ll find the link to print out the game there. You might be interested in this related post: Kindergarten Math (addition games/place value activities) You might also be interested in: Free Montessori Style Addition Sheets (No Regrouping):...
Kindergarten Math / Math General Posts / Math--Addition
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published January 19, 2010 · Last modified May 15, 2016
This post was one I wrote when my son was 6 years old. Now on to this entry… We continue to review/reinforce basic math addition facts. I made this little rocket/planet activity that LD and his friend have enjoyed. We also reviewed place value: We built the number 1783 (which separate into 1000, 700, 80 and 3 and stack on top of one another) Picture (below): I put a few 1000s together...
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