Do your children love using board games and dice? There are an almost unlimited supply of great ways to teach and learn using this method. But what if we could tweak games to increase mathematical understanding in young children aged 3-7? There is a strong link between a child’s understanding of numbers as a continuation on […]
9 Easy and Crafty Math Activities
For this Brownbag Back-to-School Blog Hop I’m focusing on crafty math activities for Kinders. Check out the links below for more first day ideas from my blogging buddies! Are you going back to school soon? Are your walls and ceilings looking bare waiting for student work? Engaging your kids in a crafty math activity can […]
Play Dough and Tin Foil Number Mobiles
During the first week of school with Kinders I like to focus on the numbers 1 to 5. Most children are familiar with these, at least in the sense of being able to count to 5 (although perhaps not using English). So while I am formally and informally assessing their general mathematical understandings our lessons […]
Create a Wall Chart: Skip Counting by 5s and 10s to 100
Large visual references in the classroom lead to lots of reinforcement through the day ~ if they are utilised well. This skip counting by 5s and 10s wall chart is a favourite of mine as the kids really take ownership of it, since they help make it, and they tend to monitor their own learning […]
Skip Counting to 10 Flower Craftivity
Children LOVE skip counting. When they are so used to counting one number at a time skip counting feels a bit like cheating and mastering it fills them with pride. Of course, it’s one thing to be able to parrot the numbers by rote and another to understand the concept behind it. This Flower Power craftivity […]
Saying Welcome: 0-10 Math Printables
Welcome to Liz’s Early Learning Spot. I hope you find this blog useful (well… as soon as I start building up the content)! For those who subscribe to my newsletter I offer these 0-10 Math Printables as a gift and hope you are able to make good use of them. Simply type in your email […]