These skip counting puzzles are great for kids to practice reading numerals and putting them in order. And they have the added bonus of reminding kids about different kinds of vegetables! Creating your skip counting puzzles Simply download the Vegetable Skip Counting Puzzles (below), print them onto card then cut along the dividing lines. Using […]
Space Counting Mats: Addition and Subtraction
Let’s get counting with these space counting mats for addition and subtraction. Add some planets, the sun and a moon and off we go! There are links to 16 more space activities at the bottom of this post so don’t forget to scroll down! Preparing your space counting mats Download this free printable (below). Print […]
Rainbow Fact Families Board Game
I interviewed Dr Elida Laski recently and she was talking about the importance of practicing fact families because of their value to future math success. So I thought I should create a game that would give kids tons of practice. Since today’s focus is rainbows (see all the links at the bottom) it became a […]
Matching Colors When You Only Have A Minute
This matching colors clip it wheel is a super fast way for your kids to practice matching colors. It’s part of our When You Only Have A Minute learning activities series that you can download for free. I can hardly believe that this is the first color-specific post I’ve added to the blog! Seems crazy, […]
Essential Addition Strategies for Young Children
Want to listen to an expert talk about the most essential addition strategies our young children should be learning for future success? You can listen to this episode above, listen to it on iTunes or Stitcher, or read the transcript below. Dr Elida Laski This is episode 10 and today I’m speaking with Dr Elida Laski who is […]
Free Australian Back to School Sampler
We’re in the closing weeks of summer holidays in Australia and lots of teachers are planning their upcoming year. 25 Aussie teacher-authors have compiled this free Back to School Sampler to help out. Click the link or picture above to pop over to Oz Curriculum HQ’s Teachers Pay Teachers store and download it. Even if you […]
Subitizing When You Only Have A Minute
Subitizing is when we look at a number of objects and instantly know how many there are. It’s an important skill for little ones and this super quick activity…even 20 seconds will do… can really help! This post is part of our When You Only Have A Minute series. Perceptual subitizing This is when we […]
Top 5 Posts for 2015
It’s the end of the year so it’s time for a look back at the posts that readers seemed to need the most! Of course, it’s difficult for newer posts to get on the list because they need more cyber-time to spread their virtues, but we’ll go with the numbers we have for now. And while […]
Christmas Addition to 15
Here’s a simple and sweet Christmas addition activity for you! It’s aimed at little ones who are learning basic addition to 15 by putting 2 groups of objects together and then counting up the answer. Pretending to be putting Santa’s presents together for him so he’ll be ready for his next delivery is great for […]
2016 Free Monthly Calendar
Edit: January to December 2021 calendars are available HERE. I’ve had lots of requests for an early release of the 2016 monthly calendar, so here it is! The other major request over the past 6 months was for the weeks to run from Sunday to Saturday, so I’ve put in the work and now you can choose […]