Having confidence with numbers 0-5 is a foundational building block and it’s important not to skim over it. Fluency within 5 leads to fluency within 10 and so on. This game is a quick and easy resource for working on addition and subtraction at the same time! Putting it together Download this addition and subtraction: […]
Fire Safety Counting On 1-10
This week is fire safety week so if you’ve been talking about this with your kids here’s a counting on activity with a fire safety theme you might like to use! Counting on The most important learning focus of this game is to encourage children to count on (and off). For example, after their first […]
Color by Number: Addition, Subtraction and Number Recognition
Lots of kids love coloring so it’s a great vehicle for practicing academic skills. These free color by number pages focus on addition, subtraction and number recognition. Just print them off and you’re ready to go! And there are separate pages for US and Australian spellers, too! What you need Download these color by number […]
Interactive Number Lines to 10
Gaining confidence with number lines is an effective way of improving general number sense, and is a precursor to later success with math. And they’re fun, too! Interactive number lines The advantage of children using number lines to become familiar with numbers and to begin to solve problems, is that they help develop an understanding […]
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 […]
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 […]
50 Free Back to School Kindergarten Printables
It’s back to school time when we’re all on the lookout for new, effective ideas for our classrooms! In this e-book 50 early childhood teachers have come together to make a hugely helpful resource you can download for free from KinderKay’s Store on Teachers Pay Teachers. On every page you’ll find 1 back to school […]
Number Stories When You Only Have a Minute
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 […]
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 […]