It is Post-Halloween and we are not quite finished making chocolate FUN just yet! Here is a fun and easy fractions game to organize that is low-cost and easily teachable, any time of the year. Supplies: Crayola Markers, 3 for each student One Organic Chocolate Bar for each student Piece of Paper Have everyone bring in [...]
Giving teachers a heads up Thank You is something that happens usually once or twice a year – maybe Valentine’s Day, Christmas time…we often wonder if parents and kids truly realize the giving that teachers do in their daily classroom lives – so we want to say Thank You! Making the task of teaching elementary [...]
What colors of candy are more popular in a typical bag of Valentine Hearts? World over, kids pretty much enjoy receiving and giving Valentines to their friends on Valentine’s Day. This year, make it a math learning experience, so the fun is included in the work. Here is a Fun Idea for making it a [...]
Earning, saving, spending, investing, budgeting, collecting, and giving are all part of handling money. And handling money wisely is what financial literacy at home, school and in society is all about. Modern governments want to develop financial literacy among consumers in society. This means improving the ability to understand money matters, applying that knowledge and [...]
For many elementary age children, fractions seem like a foreign language that they likely may never use in real life. To challenge this thinking, we can use real-world activities that illustrate just how fractions help their parents, and how they will help them as they grow up. Teach them to use the ruler. Rulers are [...]
For some reason, fractions seem to have a reputation for being a lot harder to learn (and teach) than they really are. They can actually be fun and simple to master, as long as you have a simple plan for teaching them. Here’s a strategy you could use: First, remember that the right time to [...]
Teaching math is teaching math, right? Not by a long shot! The way we approach teaching children is far different from how we teach adults, and both are completely different from how we teach adolescents. Although certain elements are the same, there are at least six differences in how it is better to teach in [...]
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You can teach the students a fun activity incorporating multiplication times-tables with this inquisitive game that includes the concept of a point system. Who doesn’t love a little competition? I think just about everyone, including children. So with that in mind how about teaching them a little about intrinsic and extrinsic motivation as well? Did [...]
Sometimes just being able to attract the student’s attention in class can be a chore in itself, especially if some students are having comprehension issues between different types of math such as Fractions and Probability. This is one of the reasons why math can be challenging for some people to grasp. Unlike other subjects in [...]