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Be sure to check out these linked posts for the free downloads!

Bump With The Cat

Bump With The Cat

Scrappin Doodles

Download the addition and subtraction bump games here.

Grab The Dice and You Have Morning Work!

For My Pre-K Friends

 Download the Roll and Cover Number Recognition board here.

Happy Reading!

 

Grab Your Game Boards!

 

 

Small Group Instruction Made Easy

Review and Practice 

Ready for Fun Friday!

Just add your own math flashcards, word cards, and/or review questions.

Meet the Needs of Your Students

Happy Teaching!

Holiday Hopscotch

 

Do you have extra gift boxes from the Dollar Store?   Do your little ones need to burn off excess holiday energy?   

Here’s A Fun Solution!

 

 Make and Play  

Holiday Hopscotch

Design the hopscotch path using the tops and bottoms of the gift boxes.  Secure the edges of the boxes together with clear packing tape.   

(Before playing, secure the board to the floor with tape.  Painters tape works well.)

I added calendar numbers and snowflake cut-outs.   

 If you do not have shapes available, allow the kids to decorate the plain boxes with holiday drawings and use a maker to number the boxes.

Add a holiday-shaped skipping stone.

 We are using a snowman wall hanger from the dollar store.

Remember to play holiday hopscotch several ways. Use two skipping stones and have the kids add, subtract, or multiply the marked numbers.   

For holiday skipping stones, check out your (plastic) decorations for ideas.

Happy December! 

Go Away Big Monster!

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Making Connections

What does this book make you think about?

Make a connection and design a monster.   

Of course, this story lends itself to several 

text-to-self connections!

 Grab a copy of a response sheet here.

Monster Math Fun

 Read Monster Musical Chairs by Stuart Murphy for some monster math subtraction fun.

Grab a copy by clicking on the picture above. 

Use the monsters to write and illustrate math stories for addition and subtraction.  Make sets or review ordinal position.

Move Like A Monster 

 Add a little movement to the day with these cute books by Josie Bissett.

These books are new to my collection!

 

Laugh with Tickle Monster and dance with Boogie Monster.   

 (The tickle monster mitts are too much fun!)

 Keep on Wiggling and Giggling!

Be sure to check out these fun songs “Monster Boogie” by Laurie Berkner and “Monster Boogie” by Kiddle Karoo.

Roll, Cover, Tally

 

 

Roll two dice and add the numbers

Cover the corresponding ten frame.

Read the corresponding number word.

Use a pencil and tally the total in the box.

Great for Morning Work, Stations, and Intervention.

Fishing For Facts

Time to Review

"Let's Go Fishing" reviews basic addition and subtraction facts.

Materials

"Fishing For Facts" game board ~ one per student

Math Flash Cards

2-sided counters

Directions

To take a turn, a player chooses a math flash card.  He either adds or subtracts the number sentence.  If the answer given is correct, he covers a fish on the “Fishing for Facts” math game board and the turn is over.  If the answer given is incorrect, he does not cover a fish and the turn is over.  Players take turns until time is up or until one player marks all his fish.  The player who marks all fish wins. 

Enjoy!