Freebie Friday ~ Mathematics Resources

Posted on 23/11/2018 by Momma Jo

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Freebie Friday - mathematics

Laura Candler’s Time & Measurement Resources from Laura Candler Teaching Resources
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In the Time and Measurement File Cabinet folder, you’ll find a variety of engaging activities to use when teaching time and measurement. The freebies don’t usually include directions or answer keys, but you are welcome to use them to create your own activities.

Teacher Mama: FREE Apple Tree Math Game from Boy Mama Teacher Mama
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I was chatting with a friend/reader this evening and she mentioned that her daughter was struggling a bit with the concept of subtraction. She said she wished that I had an apple tree math game that she could use with her daughter. Well, her wish was my command and I sat down and created the Apple Tree Math Game (great title, huh?). The game is very simple. Print out the templates, cut out the apples and practice! Here are a few examples…

Free Multiplication Worksheets & Fact Cards {with Visual Cues} from Meet Penny
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I built the worksheets so that a child could see the correspondence between the factors in the equation. For instance, one popsicle has two sticks. Therefore, one times two equals two. Or, each mushroom has eight spots so if you have two mushrooms, two times eight is sixteen. I also encourage skip counting so a child can make the connections between patterns and multiplication.

FREE Counting Bears Reading Book with Drawing, Writing and Counting Mats from Nicole Hernandez – A Teacher’s Idea on Teachers Pay Teachers
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This reading book reinforces numbers 1 to 10 for young students. It can be printed out and assembled or each page can be laminated to create posters for math centers. The pages are not numbered should you choose to laminate or have your students order it themselves unassembled. I also included a similar themed drawing mat, writing mat and counting mat for students to use over and over again in their independent work time. These should be laminated and dry erase markers can be used for temporary writing.

FREE 100th day of school activities for kindergarten and first grade from Nicole Hernandez – A Teacher’s Idea on Teachers Pay Teachers
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Are you looking for a fun set of independent seatwork activities to add to your 100th day of school class activities? These are a great way to encourage creativity and problem solving with 11 different challenges. Included are math and ELA activities that were created for use with kindergarten and first grade and they’re FREE! Go ahead and complete their day with these independent100th day of school activities.

Telling Time FREEBIE – Ferris Wheel Clock Mat from Nicole Hernandez – A Teacher’s Idea on Teachers Pay Teachers
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This ferris wheel clock mat shows an analog clock face with hours and minutes, past the hour, to the hour, quarter past, half past, quarter to. This can be used as a mat for students to draw the hands or for teacher demonstrations. This resource works well with my Teaching Time – Telling Time on Analog and Digital Clocks Posters and Cards. Simply print the mat onto cardstock then laminate or slip into a plastic sleeve protector. Your students can use dry erase markers or play dough for some round-the-clock fun!!!

Numbers 1 to 20 from Nicole Hernandez – A Teacher’s Idea on Teachers Pay Teachers
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Numbers 1 to 20: This is a farm themed chalkboard and jellybean number set 0 to 20. In this set jelly beans are matched to the word names and the numerals.

Place Value FREE- Building Cards from Nicole Hernandez – A Teacher’s Idea on Teachers Pay Teachers
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Place Value Free:

Use these cards to have your kids build and read numbers for your focus on place value number notation or expansion of numbers. The cards can help your kiddos remember place name and value much easier using the different size of cards as visual cues. I only made cards up to hundreds but I’m sure that they would be a big help!

Easter Math Freebie from Shelly Sitz on Teachers Pay Teachers
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This product includes skip counting, word problems, addition and subtraction with regrouping, and telling time. Enjoy!

Multiplication Table from LadyBB
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1-10 and 11-20 Math Activity Free PDFs K-1 from Wise Owl Factory
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This post has TWO printables for working with numbers 1-10 and numbers 11-20. You can download both freebies right here on this page. It includes tens frames, coin counting, graphing, tallies, Sudoku, and names for numbers. Manipulatives can be made with the names for numbers cards as suggested by Living Montessori Now at this informational post link.

Multiplication Small Books from 3 Dinosaurs
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These multiplication small books are really easy to make and great for kids to flip through. Kids love having different ways of learning. I made these because my girls love this style of books. Plus who does not love having a mini book!

Common Geometry Symbols Memory Game (free printable) from A Diligent Heart
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Looking for a creative way to practice Geometry Symbols with your kiddo? In this post, I’m sharing another one of my favorite, easy-to-print-and-use printables that we have used in our homeschool.

Preschool Math – All About Numbers from One Beautiful Home
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This printable packet showcases numbers 1-10 with easy to follow directions on each page. The worksheets cover the following concepts / areas:

Number Recognition
Coloring
Counting
Ten Frame Introduction a.k.a Base Ten
Writing Numbers and Number Words
Tally Marks
Recognizing and Identifying Number Words
Addition and Subtraction
Number Groups / Bundles

Freebie Friday ~ Number Fun

Posted on 16/11/2018 by Momma Jo

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Nothing like a little number fun to help little kidlets remember their numbers. I used number order puzzles a lot with my kidlets when they were little and they were tons of fun.

Printable Number Puzzles {1-10} from This Reading Mama
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Numbers can be represented in a variety of ways such as pictures, number words, base ten blocks, or tally marks {just to name a few}. And since this is an important skill for young children to learn, I thought that number puzzles would be a fun way to sneak in this learning objective.

Free number order practice worksheets for kindergarten from Planes & Balloons
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Learning the order of numbers is one of the many concepts children tackle in kindergarten. But for some of them, understanding what comes before, after or between might be difficult at first.

With plenty of practice and perseverance, however, all of them can master this concept. Practice is the key in acquiring any skill, isn’t it?

Free Printable Number Match Puzzles from Simply Kinder
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We’ve officially learned our numbers 0-10 now so I wanted to make number match puzzles to add to our center rotation. I used candy pieces which can easily be used throughout the year, or you can mix it up and use it during Halloween and they can pretend they are trick-or-treating. Each puzzle has a number on one puzzle piece and the other puzzle piece is the matching number of pieces of candy.

Kindergarten Number Order Puzzles from Confessions of a Homeschooler
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These puzzles practice number order, counting, and recognition skills for numbers 1-100. I also added in puzzles to help work on skip counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s. The puzzles include counting 2-50, 5-50, and 10-200.

8 Spring Number Order Puzzles FREEBIE from Klever Kiddos on Teachers Notebook
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Here is a great for students to practice ordering numbers! With these immediate feedback puzzles, students can put the numbers in order to reveal a Spring related picture. If the numbers are out of order, then the picture will not look as it should. These would make a great math center or independent learning activity.

Included are 8 different puzzles
– 2 numbers 1-10
– 2 numbers 11-20
– 2 counting by 2’s
– 2 counting by 10s

All you have to do is print, laminate and cut the puzzle pieces apart!

Count By 10’s Number Puzzles from Klever Kiddos on Teachers Pay Teachers
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Here is a great for students to practice counting by tens and ordering tens numbers! With these immediate feedback puzzles, students can put the numbers in order to reveal a picture. If the numbers are out of order, then the picture will not look as it should. These would make a great math center or independent learning activity.

All you have to do is print, laminate and cut the puzzle pieces apart!

Apple Number Puzzles from Amy Lattin on Teachers Pay Teachers
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This packet contains five sets of number puzzles. Each set has a puzzle for practicing counting 1-5, counting 1-10, counting by 10s to 100, and counting by 5s to 50. The pictures on the puzzles are a basket of apples, an apple pie, Johnny Appleseed, an apple tree, and a bag of apples seeds.

Number Puzzles: 1-20 {Free Sample Set} from Polliwog Place on Teachers Pay Teachers
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This Number Puzzles activity set contains 2 printable puzzles focusing on ordering numbers 1-20. Each page has a fun picture with cutting lines and ten ordered numbers, ranging from 1-20. Simply print the puzzles and cut apart the pieces. Laminate for durability. Students solve the puzzle by placing the numbers in order. Each page comes in both color and black line to save ink (4 puzzle pages total).

Number Puzzles are an engaging way to build important number sense skills. They are great for centers, early finisher activities, reviews, and more!

FREE Gingerbread Man Math Puzzle Easy to Differentiate from Mrs Miners Monkey Business on Teachers Pay Teachers
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Mrs. Miner ‘s Monkey Business presents a fun holiday season activity that is easily differentiated. Students have to cut the numbered strips apart and, depending on student level, match, order or add the numbers to create a gingerbread man!

Dr. Seuss Number Puzzles from Teach with Me
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Print, laminate and cut into strips. Keep each puzzle in their own Baggie. Use for centers, or a large group activity. You could also run off copies, so that each child has their own puzzle.

Mathematics

Wooden Counting Sticks
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Geometry Blocks Set
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1-100 Digit Square
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Wooden Balance Scale
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Science

Life Cycle of Corn Specimen, Resin Embedded
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Insects Magnification Cup Amplifier Tank
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Twin Live Steam Engine Model Kit
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Language Arts

100Pcs Set Wooden Scrabble Tiles
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Alphabet Wooden Puzzle
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Literacy Fun Game
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Digital Alphabet Letters A~Z Alphabetical & 0~9 Numerical Soft EVA Foam Mats
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Curriculum Choices 2018

Posted on 04/04/2018 by Momma Jo

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I’m often asked what our Curriculum Choices are for this year. In short, we follow the Cambridge International Primary Curriculum for our core subjects. We then added a few other programs that suit us and the kidlets’ learning styles. We are currently in our 3rd year of using this curriculum and are very happy with it.
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In addition to the Core Cambridge Primary curriculum, I also purchased the Keys to Learning Boxes for each child. I use them as reinforcement as the kidlets are all visual learners and this has helped us quite a bit to get the concepts ingrained.

“Keys to Learning focuses on basic literacy, numeracy and mathematics skills, and can be used for the consolidation of skills in the mainstream classroom – as well as for remedial work at earlier levels.”
Click on the image below to find out more about the Keys to Learning program.

Koko is currently doing the Stage 5 curriculum. These are the books he is currently working on. We use a combination of Cambridge for the core subjects and the CAPS (the South African curriculum):

English
Teachers Manual

Learners Book

Activity book

Phonics in a Box Workbook. We use this book for dictionary work.

Mathematics
Teachers Manual

Learners Book

Games book

Science
Teachers Manual

Learners Book

Activity book

Life Skills
CAPS Workbook

Afrikaans
CAPS Workbook

Fifi is currently doing the Stage 3 curriculum. These are the books she is currently working on. We use a combination of Cambridge for the core subjects and the CAPS (the South African curriculum):

English
Teachers Manual

Learners Book

Activity book

Phonics in a Box Workbook. We use this book for dictionary work.

Mathematics
Teachers Manual

Learners Book

Games book

Science
Teachers Manual

Learners Book

Activity book

Life Skills
CAPS Workbook

Afrikaans
CAPS Workbook

Pixie is currently doing the Stage 1 curriculum. These are the books she is currently working on. We use a combination of Cambridge for the core subjects and the CAPS (the South African curriculum):

English
Teachers Manual

Learners Book

Activity book

Phonics Workbook B. She completed Workbook A last year.

Phonics in a Box Workbook.

Mathematics
Teachers Manual

Learners Book

Games book

Science
Teachers Manual

Learners Book

Activity book

Life Skills
CAPS Workbook

Afrikaans
CAPS Workbook

The girls are currently using the Rainbow Reading Curriculum.

“Rainbow Reading is a graded reading series for primary schools. It provides a wealth of original stories and factual texts, which will help learners to develop the reading skills and vocabulary they need to meet the requirements of the curriculum in all learning areas. All 350 titles in the series are written by South African authors. Rainbow Reading motivates young readers to become fluent readers, because it allows them to choose stories that they want to read and to read at their own level.”

Fifi is currently using Rainbow Reading Level 3.

“The books in Level 3 can be used in any grade in the Foundation Phase, but they are best suited to seven- to nine-year-old learners in Grade 2 or Grade 3. Many of the learners will be learning English as a First Additional Language. Most children at this level have started to read and some may be reading quite well already. They should be able to recognise sight words and decode unfamiliar words.

Level 3 Rainbow Reading books are 16 pages long. The stories are based on familiar objects and actions and the characters include children typical of those in the target age group. The artwork is a very important part of each text at this level, as it supports reading and helps the emerging readers to make sense of the stories. The artwork provides cludes, which help the readers to decode and recognise words. Text is consistently placed to help learners to become confident about reading books.

There are three types of texts at this level:

Read Aloud stories (fiction) 250-400 total words
Read Alone stories (fiction) 250-400 total words
Factual (non-fiction) texts 250-400 total words
Each boxed set in Level 3 contains a comprehensive teacher’s guide, which provides valuable support for teaching reading and book skills, and includes specific support for each title, including phonics, oral skills, high-frequency words and key oral vocabulary, as well as suggested activities.”

Pixie is currently using Rainbow Reading Level 1/.

“The books in Rainbow Reading Level 1 can be used in any grade in the Foundation Phase, but they are best suited to five- and six-year-old learners in Grade R or Grade 1. Many of the learners will be learning English as a First Additional Language. Most children at this level will not be able to read by themselves in any language, and some of the children will be handling books for the first time.

Level 1 Rainbow Reading books are eight pages long. The stories are based on familiar objects and actions and the characters include children typical of those in the target age group. The artwork is very important part of each text at this level, as it supports reading and helps the emerging readers to make sense of the stories. The pictures tell the story. Text is consistently placed to help learners become confident about reading books.

There are three types of texts at this level:

Read Aloud stories (fiction) Maximum 50 words
Read Alone stories (fiction) Maximum 20 words
Factual (non-fiction) texts Maximum 20 words
Each boxed set in Level 1 contains a comprehensive teacher’s guide, which provides valuable support for teaching reading skills, and includes specific support for each title, including phonics, oral skills, high-frequency words and key oral vocabulary, as well as suggested activities.”

History is a group lesson here. We use the Story of the World curriculum and love it. We work through each chapter thoroughly and have sometimes spent a month on a chapter that may only be 2 pages long. I let the children drive this part of our lessons as they generally ask a ton of more indepth questions than I expect.

Each Friday, the kidlets do a research project, these often take up to 3 weeks to complete (depending on the work). They choose the topic and we work together to get all the information for them. They then create a poster of all they have learned. So far we have learned about the food pyramid, the importance of vitamins and kangaroos. Our next project is Fifi’s choice.

One of the first questions we get asked is, “Do your children do exams and assessments?” The easy answer is yes. I download the Annual National Assessments from the Department of Basic Education’s website. The kidlets do them and I mark them. I have these on hand should we ever need them for some reason.

“The Annual National Assessments (ANA) are standardised national assessments for languages and mathematics in the senior phase (grades 7 – 9), intermediate phase (grades 4 – 6) and in literacy and numeracy for the foundation phase (grades 1 – 3). The question papers and marking memoranda (exemplars) are supplied by the national Department of Basic Education and the schools manage the conduct of the tests as well as the marking and internal moderation.”

With regards to exams, we don’t do official exams. The kidlets are assessed as to their knowledge during each lesson, if they don’t understand the concept of the lesson, we don’t move on. That is one HUGE benefit of homeschooling. Once all the work for the year has been completed, we move onto the next grade.

I also often get asked about the legalities of homeschooling in South Africa. I am not a lawyer and don’t pretend to have the answers. My suggestion is that you visit the Pestalozzi Trust website. They have all the information available to the public.

Freebie Friday Linkup: Shape Resources

Posted on 10/02/2017 by Momma Jo

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Shape Resources

New Shape Coloring Pages! from 3Dinosaurs
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Since the ABC Color Pages came out I’ve had several requests for other coloring pages. That is how these came about! I hope that you enjoy them. We will be using these like the ABC Coloring Pages and putting them in a sheet protectors in a binder. My youngest loves to use them this way so she do them over and over.

*FREE* Marshmallow Shapes! {Shape Building} from Rachelle Rosenblit
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This pack includes a sweet little activity I did as part of my annual evaluation this year. After learning about 2D and 3D shapes, we build them using toothpicks and marshmallows! Each student was given a plate, toothpicks and marshmallows and allowed to let their creativity flow! This lesson allows students to think critically and covers several common core Geometry standards. I’ve also included some shape building cards that I used as needed with some of my struggling students who needed more support. The student can look at the shape first, then build it.

Sorting 3D Shapes Worksheet from Kinder Learning Garden

Students sort the 3D shapes from the 2D shapes by cutting and gluing in the correct box.

Keeping My Little Butterfly Busy from Frog Spot
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And just in case you would like to work on a caterpillar theme one day – download this FREE ‘Trace, Shade & Graph’ worksheet. I whipped it up ready for our lessons tomorrow!

Geometry Posters- Freebie! from Teacher’s Take-Out
Shape Resources
Spruce up your Geometry Unit with Geometry Centers and Activities Pack This pack is loaded with fun math centers for K-2 Classrooms.

It includes the shapes of: squares, rectangles, triangles, circle, trapezoid, hexagon, cone, cube, sphere, half-circle, quarter circle, triangular prism, rectangular prism, and cylinder.

3-D Shapes Book with Real World Objects from Learning with a Happy Heart
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Hi Friends! Here is my 3-D shapes freebie number 2.

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STEAM Kids Book Review

Posted on 14/09/2016 by Momma Jo

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STEAM Kids

STEAM Kids – Hands-on Projects for Kids

STEAM Kids is an E-book dedicated to over 50 science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics hands-on projects for kids. I printed out and bound the e-book for the kids to page through with me. The excitement on their faces was infectious! They are super excited to work their way though this book.

STEAM Kids is all about inspiring our next generation of inventors, innovators and leaders to question like a scientist, design like a technologist, build like an engineer, create like an artist, deduce like a mathematician and play like a kid.

This book was written by these amazing bloggers:
Anne Carey from Left Brain Craft Brain
Ana Dziengel from Babble Dabble do
Amber Scardino from Wee Warhols
Chelsey Marashain from Buggy and Buddy
Dayna Abraham from Lemon Lime Adventures
Erica Clark from What Do We Do All Day?
Jamie Hand from Handmade Kids Art
Karyn Tripp from Teach Beside Me
Leslie Manlapig from Pink Stripey Socks
Malia Hallowell from Playdough to Plato
PR Newton from STEAM Powered Family
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What I Love About This Book

This book has an amazing array of activities that your kids will love. Each activity comes with a complete list of materials required for that activity as well as a difficulty rating that gives you an indication which activities you can do with different ages.
STEAM Kids
At the back of the book, they have an eleven plag Activity Planner that provides week-long activity guides as well as shopping lists to make those hands-on learning opportunities easy for you.