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Looking for garden-themed math activities to complement your lessons?  This blog post offers a variety of activities that reinforce addition and subtraction skills up to grade 2.  These hands-on, visual activities make learning math more engaging and memorable.  While I’ve highlighted three main types of garden-themed math activities, each category includes several options to choose […]

Are you struggling to come up with open-ended math questions that challenge and engage your students? You’re not alone.  Many educators struggle with creating questions that go beyond basic recall and inspire deep, critical thinking. In this blog post, we’ll explore the significance of open-ended math questions and how they can transform your classroom into

In July 2024, I engaged in a comprehensive 15-hour book study on “Productive Math Struggle: A 6-Point Action Plan for Fostering Perseverance” by John J. SanGiovanni, Susie Katt, and Kevin J. Dykema. This insightful book challenges traditional teaching models like “I Do, We Do, You Do” and advocates for a reverse approach to encourage deeper

If you are looking for international dot day math activities to create meaningful and engaging learning experiences, then continue to read on! In this blog post, I’m going to share with you 7 engaging activities that combine the spirit of International Dot Day with essential math skills. What is International Dot Day? September 15th is

We all strive to achieve math facts fluency and to enable students to be able to reach that level of mastery, introducing compensation strategy math is one of the ways.  In this article, we’ll explore three simple ways to practice compensation strategy math that will help you teach this mental strategy with greater ease and

Fire safety math activities are perfect during fire prevention month, Fire Prevention Week or fire safety day.  But they are also suitable to use year-round to remind students about fire safety.  And if they can learn about math at the same time, that is wonderful, isn’t it?  In this article, I will share with you these

What is a make a 10 strategy? Why is it useful? How to practice it? After reading this article, you will get all of these answers.  First, let’s take a look at what the make a 10 strategy is.  What Is The Making 10 Strategy In Math The “Make a Ten to Add” strategy is

How to teach doubles facts in math? What are doubles facts addition strategy? Why are they important? After reading this article, hopefully you get all of these answers.  First, let’s take a look at what the doubles facts addition strategy is.  What’s Double Fact In Math? Doubles Fact Definition: Doubles Facts Strategy is a mental

If you’re seeking fun summer math activities for elementary students, then this blog post is a must-read! And if you’re in a region without a winter season (like Singapore), where most days are warm, you can use these summer math activities year-round. I’ll introduce you to five diverse math resources, including games, crafts, digital resources,