Posts Tagged: Number Sense

FREE Math Games for Making Tens and Improper Fractions

This week’s MOVE AHEAD @ HOME math game videos help learners make tens and understand improper fractions. ​ Did you know that understanding how to break numbers into tens and ones can be one of the most powerful tools for a 1st or 2nd grader? It’s true—especially if learning about tens and ones means making a tower with LEGO® bricks playing the TENS AND ONES 1st GRADE game!…

Math Games to Play at Home with a Deck of Cards

Want a few math games to play at home with a deck of cards? Using a deck of cards and a ten frame, your learner will be developing NUMBER SENSE FOR FIRST GRADE by playing TEN IS MY BEST FRIEND! Play this number sense game with your kindergarten or 1st grader and they will understand the number ten for the rest of their lives!…

Hands-On Expanded Form

  What is expanded form and how do we make the practice of expanded form hands on and engaging? Let’s start with the first question. Expanded Form is… …the writing of a number to show the value of each digit. …the sum of each digit multiplied by its place value.…

“It’s the GREAT Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!”

“I’ve learned there are three things you don’t discuss with people: religion, politics and the Great Pumpkin.”     -Linus Out of all of the Peanuts comic strips and television specials, this one is my favorite. As a child I thought that waiting for the Great Pumpkin was much more fun than waiting for Santa Claus.…

Developing Number Sense: Counting

I’m glad the parent blogs have been so well received! If you’re an educator reading this blog you can use all of the ideals with your students in small groups. The concepts explored in today’s blog deal with the prerequisites for counting and are appropriate for Pre-K, K, and 1st grades.…

Developing Number Sense, Part 1

“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” -Albert Einstein I recently attended a “Mom’s Night Out.” A large group of us decided a few months ago to try and find the best chips and salsa in the area by visiting a restaurant a month.…