Water Bead Activities: 10 New Ways to Play

Water Bead Activities: 10 New Ways to Play

Unlock the marvelous potential of your water beads with these surprising and engaging learning activities!

Ten Frames to the Rescue! Mastering Early Addition & Subtraction

Ten Frames to the Rescue!  Mastering Early Addition & Subtraction

Put some fun back in your math practice with these giant ten frames!

FREE App: Digital Geoboard by Math Learning Center

FREE App: Digital Geoboard by Math Learning Center

Geoboard are a classic math manipulative, and this is our favorite free digital one!

Number Line Stairs: Fun and Simple Activity for Early Math

Number Line Stairs: Fun and Simple Activity for Early Math

O, how I love to follow the child! Our four-year-old’s new tricks have led to a fun game for him and his brother, and as usual, they’re learning every step of the way!

Preschool Math: Compare Whole Numbers

Preschool Math: Compare Whole Numbers

What the hand does, the mind remembers.  — Maria Montessori Our son is really into card games lately.  He loves “Go Fish” and “War” especially, but while playing “War, he was having a tough time looking at the cards and

Math Everywhere: Division

Math Everywhere: Division

While preparing for our first family trip involving an airplane, we got to do a little hands-on math.  Our kids’ pediatrician suggested we bring gummy bears along for the flight to help avoid painful ear pressure during take-offs and landings.

Preschool Math: Making Groups of Ten

Preschool Math: Making Groups of Ten

Here’s a quick and fun activity to introduce pairs that add to ten — important math facts to memorize early!  We used our Unifix cubes, but Duplos, Legos, or any other connecting blocks would work as well. I made stacks

Working Lunch

Working Lunch

When you work full-time and are also trying to teach your kids some stuff, you need to make good use of your time at home.  For big brother and me, that often means doing a lot of learning while little