Fractions aren’t always an easy concept for students, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be fun! The best way to introduce fractions isn’t a worksheet. It’s engaging and fun hands-on fractions activities! Before you get to those paper and pencil tasks that you have planned for your fraction unit, I urge you to try introducing…
Did you know that February is Children’s Dental Health Month? With all the hype around Valentine’s Day, it can be easy to overlook! But, Children’s Dental Health Month lends you the perfect opportunity to integrate information about tooth health and hygiene into your curriculum! I know what you are thinking. Another set of activities that…
Coming back from a long winter break can sometimes be a challenge. It can also provide lots of opportunities for fun, hands-on learning with winter classroom activities related to the season and holidays! Long, cold winter days stuck inside calls for engaging, interactive activities to get students excited to dive back into learning. Luckily, there…
December is an interesting time to be a teacher! You’ve come back from Thanksgiving break, and you have 3 weeks before Christmas. Though it sounds short, those 3 weeks seem to drag on and keeping those first and second graders engaged is almost a herculean task! Don’t worry though! You can make it through December…
Teaching math in the first and second grades is a lot of fun. We get to introduce so many new concepts and skills. One of those skills is graphing. At first glance, this may seem like a daunting task. But in reality, it’s a lot of fun because it is so visual. My students always…
Learning addition and subtraction facts comes easily to most students, but for some, it can be very difficult. Once we finally get them to understand the concept of addition, subtraction, and number relationships it’s important to move on to developing automaticity with facts. Sometimes our standards for this skill seem unobtainable. But with a little…