Number stories are a great way to bring mathematics to life for young children and they are embedded in every maths curriculum I’ve ever seen from early childhood through high school. They’re engaging for kids and encourage them to think about how numbers work in the ‘real’ world. So this is the focus for this […]
My Free Little Math Books
I’ve been working on a new teaching product for CVC words that is interactive, and making cute little books like these are a favourite. So I thought I’d make some to give away! There is one page for addition and one for subtraction using numbers 0-5. They’re simple and easy to use and the kids […]
9 Easy and Crafty Math Activities
For this Brownbag Back-to-School Blog Hop I’m focusing on crafty math activities for Kinders. Check out the links below for more first day ideas from my blogging buddies! Are you going back to school soon? Are your walls and ceilings looking bare waiting for student work? Engaging your kids in a crafty math activity can […]
Create a Wall Chart: Skip Counting by 5s and 10s to 100
Large visual references in the classroom lead to lots of reinforcement through the day ~ if they are utilised well. This skip counting by 5s and 10s wall chart is a favourite of mine as the kids really take ownership of it, since they help make it, and they tend to monitor their own learning […]
Skip Counting to 10 Flower Craftivity
Children LOVE skip counting. When they are so used to counting one number at a time skip counting feels a bit like cheating and mastering it fills them with pride. Of course, it’s one thing to be able to parrot the numbers by rote and another to understand the concept behind it. This Flower Power craftivity […]
Saying Welcome: 0-10 Math Printables
Welcome to Liz’s Early Learning Spot. I hope you find this blog useful (well… as soon as I start building up the content)! For those who subscribe to my newsletter I offer these 0-10 Math Printables as a gift and hope you are able to make good use of them. Simply type in your email […]