This Math lesson is ideal for Grade One students. Objective: Students will learn how to count backwards from 5 and to subtract one from any number from 1 to 5. Activating: This activating activity gets the students excited and thinking about numbers! Gather the students together on the carpet area. Sing the song, “Five Little [...]
Math can be daunting to many students and to some teachers as well. Many math concepts seem to confuse younger children, and a substantial number of adults grow up feeling less than confident about their mathematic skills. The way that numbers and mathematic operations are taught in North America is really quite different than in [...]
We are please to announced our first Board Game – this is a downloadable board game like snakes and ladders where students roll a dice and advance according to their answers on the 40 full color game cards! Our first game is Grade 4 Decimals — lots more to come soon! Grade 4 Decimals Printable [...]
The Power of Ten approach to teaching Elementary Math, originated by Trevor Calkins, is designed to help students really understand number concepts and operations. The following activities and games can be used to support teaching that uses the Power of Ten.
Manipulatives are games and hands-on activities that get the student’s senses involved in the learning process. Ideally, manipulatives will aid in the learning process for auditory, visual and rote learners. Students are able to listen, look, repeat, and actively participate in the learning process.
Ways to Make Math Fun Again Throughout the years, concepts introduced in elementary math have seen few changes. This can sometimes make teaching elementary math to young eager minds hard. Now if you toss in different ways to learn elementary math than you have another type of ball game. Students love games and what better [...]
For many students, math is a dreaded subject. Basic facts must be learned before moving on to basic applications, and each level of applications builds on the level before it. All of the facts and formulas become tedious and time-consuming, leading students to avoid the subject whenever possible. Using games to teach math can help [...]
Getting Your Point Across Math for the elementary teacher will involve many different things. Probably one of the things that kids struggle with the most is simple fractions. Teaching simple fractions will take extra time as many students have a very hard time grasping the concept of working with fractions. Math for the elementary teacher [...]
Keeping a student’s attention in the classroom is sometimes hard and one way teachers are accomplishing this by using elementary math game. These elementary math games can be accomplished in many different ways and usually with great success. As teachers and students learn together, they end up creating more of these elementary math games themselves. [...]