These bright and engaging rainbow addition mats are a perfect math center to get little hands moving manipulatives and writing addition sums!

Ideas for teaching addition strategies in 1st grade to set students up for fact fluency success! Plus get 5 tips for making fact fluency fun!

Math games are always a class favorite! They're great for centers, homework practice, and small groups. This set of games includes five monkey-themed math games that your kids will love! They might even go bananas for it (tehehe)! Doubles, place value, addition, and more. Each game comes in color and black & white. You can grab them HERE. I hope your kids love them!

If you have been following my blog for awhile, you know I LOVE seasonal centers. Kids get so excited when you pull out Halloween or Christmas centers. When you add in themed erasers, it is just ice cream on the cake. But, sometimes, we want centers we don’t have to constantly change out. Centers the ... Read More about Math Centers for Kindergarten and First Grade

I love the versatility of dry erase pockets! They are great for so many reasons; they are easy to prepare, easy to clean, durable, and students LOVE them! They are great to use for checking for understanding and guided practice. Students can hold them up like dry erase boards to quickly show you their work. Today I wanted to share a few of the First Grade Math Mats I created to use in dry erase pockets. They are great for whole group and small group instruction. Once the mats are introduced…

These super fun LEGO addition and subtraction game boards make learning math exciting and engaging for your little LEGO builder!

First grade is a very important year where students are building a strong foundation in their journey for mathematical proficiency. One of the most

These first grade math games are tons of fun! Use playing cards to play three different addition math games.

Teaching guided math small groups have been a game changer in my classroom! Read about how I plan for my math groups, differentiate my instruction and more!

I love Hands on Learning for Math. Everyday, after I teach my whole group lesson, I save 15-30 minutes for Math Centers. It is agreat time for me to provide math intervention to students, while giving other students the opportunity for independent practice and to work with their perrs and develop social skills. Unific cubes are one of my favorite manipultives for math centers in my kindergarten and First grade classroom. They are perfect for number sense, addition, and subtraction.