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by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published May 10, 2016 · Last modified March 16, 2019
One of our most visited posts through the years has been our place value activities. I thought I would put together a video to share how we covered place value in our homeschool (we did these activities regularly when the kids were roughly 4 to 6 years old. I also have a huge packet of materials (over 100 pages!) that include these hands-on math manipulatives as well as some other...
I made a new set of mixed math worksheets for ED. These include multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction problems. She is just starting double-digit multiplication so there are a few of those on each page as well (but only with a few problems at the bottom of each page as she catches on to the idea of carrying). There are 7 pages. These are free to download. Hope someone else...
Kindergarten / Kindergarten Math / Math--Addition / Math: Preschool Math
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published January 27, 2016 · Last modified December 5, 2020
I thought it’d be fun to make some addition games for those of you with younger kids. It’s winter out for sure here having just gotten at least two feet of snow, so I chose these cute penguins for the game! There are two different games: a Penguins Doubles Game where the kids roll one die and double the number they roll (1+1, 2+2, 3+3, etc.). My kids learned their doubles...
Holiday: Christmas Activities / Homeschool Den / Math--Division / Math--Multiplication
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published December 18, 2015 · Last modified December 8, 2018
Here are a few math review sheets I put into ED’s math workbox this week. (I almost forgot to share it!) So better late than never, right?!! These pages have a little bit of everything–addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. She has just started on double-digit multiplication, but she likes having “fun” math sheets too. Hope someone else can use these! 🙂 ~Liesl Christmas Math Worksheets You might be interested...
Ages 2-6: Preschool (Age 4) / Homeschool Den / Kindergarten Math / Math General Posts / Math--Addition / Math: Preschool Math
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published December 7, 2015 · Last modified February 24, 2017
I have a ton of math activities and free resources to share with you in this post! We started working on Place Value when my kids were about 4. We came across some free Montessori materials and used them for years and years. I thought I would spend a little time highlighting these activities again because I know they’ve gotten a lot of hits through the years. These activities are...
Ages 2-6: Fall Theme / Ages 2-6: Preschool (Age 4) / Kindergarten / Language Arts: Reading
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published November 3, 2015 · Last modified October 12, 2022
I have a really cute set of fall-themed sight word games for you today! This is a free download! Each game covers six words. The first two games are from the Dolch frequently word list: The first activity includes: said, make, the, and, see, look. The second game includes: big, can, for, two, blue, yellow. The third game includes CVC words: cat, bat, pot, dot, fit, sit Directions: Print out...
Holiday: Halloween / Math--Addition / Math--Division / Math--Multiplication
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published October 27, 2015
Here’s a silly math worksheet for you! You probably know this riddle: Why didn’t the skeleton cross the road? Have your child figure out the answer using some math facts! I made these in addition, multiplication, division or just with number recognition. These are free to download! 🙂 Skeleton Math Riddle for Addition, Multiplication, Division or Number Recognition Other Free Halloween-Themed Math Worksheets: Free Halloween Multiplication Packet (30 pages of...
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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...
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...
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...
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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...
Active Math Games / Math--Addition / Math--Division / Math--Multiplication
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published March 12, 2015 · Last modified June 22, 2020
I have some fun (free!) Minecraft math worksheets to share with you all today! There are math worksheets for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. You need to print out the page you are interested in (preferably on cardstock). You need to make sure you have a QR Code Reader app on your cell phone or tablet. The one we downloaded was free. Cut out the cards, have the kids solve the...
Holiday: Valentine's Day / Homeschool Den / Math General Posts / Math--Addition / Math--Multiplication
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published February 6, 2015 · Last modified January 26, 2017
I made these Valentine’s Day math worksheets for my daughter who is *just* learning about multiplication. She knows how to skip count pretty well and has been asking to learn multiplication. These sheets are pretty basic and cover multiplication by 2s, 5s and 10s. Several of the pages have clocks at the top (to help her see that she already knows 5×3, 5×6 and 5×9). There are also a...
Critical Thinking Activities / Homeschool Den / Math General Posts
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published January 12, 2015 · Last modified January 2, 2020
A few days ago, I mentioned that we started back into homeschooling with Math Circles rather than jumping into our “normal” math curriculum. What are math circles? From what I understand, they started in Russia where they hosted math contests. Students competed to answer various word problems. The contest itself was designed to get students intrigued and excited about mathematics. There’s something similar here in the US called the Math Olympiad....
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