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by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published May 4, 2015 · Last modified September 17, 2017
As many of you know, my kids love the game, Minecraft. I’ve made a number of math worksheets for them this year with various Minecraft images I’ve drawn. This is a latest Minecraft-themed freebie… a set of skip counting mazes I made for the ED. She is just beginning to work on multiplication and still practices skip counting. In this packet there are 9 mazes for practicing skip counting by...
Freebies / Math General Posts / Math--Addition / Math--Division / Math--Fractions / Math--Geometry / Math--Multiplication
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published December 26, 2014 · Last modified March 20, 2015
I have kids who are doing different kinds of math, so I wanted a gameboard that would work for all of them. You can use this game board for any kind of math practice — addition, number recognition, fractions, multiplication problems… anything! Let me show you what the game board looks like: First print out the gameboard and 3-4 copies of the blank cards on cardstock. Next, you need to...
Math General Posts / Math--Division / Math--Multiplication
by Liesl - Homeschool Den · Published September 19, 2014 · Last modified March 8, 2016
Are you looking for some Minecraft math worksheets for multiplication & division practice? You’ll like these Minecraft themed practice sheets I made for the kids!! The kids filled out these pages (along with their other math work) last week. There are 2 pages. These are free to download if anyone else has a Minecraft fan in their household! Multiplication Division Worksheets with a Minecraft Theme This year we’ve shared a number of Minecraft math...
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