Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Playdough Mats for Counting From 1-10

Here’s a cute little set of play dough mats for counting to 10! We have loved using these mats to practice our number skills! I love that they address so many skills, but it still feels like play.
Play dough number mats
These can be used to represent different stages of a tree as well. You can put ‘flowers’ on the tree like we did. Or you could put apples, peaches, pears, cherries… Anything you can think of. To prepare the pages simply print and laminate. Alternatively, you can slide the pages into page protectors. Rolling out the dough for form the numbers helps develop the fine-motor skills required for writing, in addition to teaching little ones number formation. Have them trace the letters with their finger or a dry erase crayon. Then, have them fill in the ten-frame to represent the same number. But most importantly, have fun!!

You can download your free play dough tree mats here!

counting to 10 and adding
Here are some other play dough mats that you might enjoy:
play dough mats for shapesplay dough mats Spanish counting 1-10 Fall number mats for 1-10. Lots of fun!Christmas number mats for play dough square
 
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Monday, September 14, 2015

Best Children's Books for Teaching Clocks and Telling Time

Me Counting Time
(kid-friendly informational text on time--from seconds to centuries)
by Joan Sweeney

Kindergarten - 2nd grade
Midnight Fright
(kids trick or treat thru the hours
on Halloween night
)
by Kathryn Heling

Kindergarten - 2nd grade


The Clock Struck One
(a cat chases a mouse thru the
hours--shows clockface)
by Trudy Harris

Preschool - 2nd grade
Completed Hickory Dickory Dock
(a cat chases a mouse thru the
hours
--shows clockface)
by Jim Aylesworth

Preschool - 2nd grade


Bats Around the Clock
(cute bat embark on a 12
hour dancing extravaganza)
by Kathi Appelt

Kindergarten - 2nd grade
What Time Is It, Mr Crocodile?
(a crocodile schedules his plan for
cooking & eating pesky monkeys)
by Judy Sierra

Preschool - 3rd grade


It's About Time!
(a little boy's activities thru the day;
great for teaching clocks & time)
by Stuart Murphy 

Preschool - 2nd grade
Rodeo Time
(kids make a schedule so they
don't miss any rodeo shows)
by Stuart Murphy

1st grade - 4th grade


best books for teaching time to older kids



Just a Second: A Different Way to Look at Time
(a deeper look at time, from seconds
to the history of the universe
)
by Steve Jenkins
3rd grade & Up
How Do You Know What
Time It Is?

(the history of measuring time,
including different devices)
by Robert Wells

2nd grade - 5th grade


About Time: A First Look
at 
Time and Clocks

(teaches how time has been
measured throughout history)
by Bruce Koschunak

3rd grade - 6th grade


Chimp Math: Learning About Timefrom a Baby Chimpanzee
(baby chimp's life via different ways to measure time--clocks, calendar...)
by Ann Whitehead Nagda

2nd grade - 5th grade

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Best Children's Books for Teaching Fractions


Full House:An Invitation to Fractions
(an innkeeper must feed her guests)
by Dayle Ann Dodds
Kindergarten - 3rd grade math
Fraction Fun
(teaching fractions with everyday
objects; loads of activities)
by David Adler

2nd grade - 4th grade math


Whole-y Cow
Fractions Are Fun
(cow presents fraction scenarios)
by Taryn Souders

1st grade - 3rd grade
The Lion's Share
Tale of Halving Cake & Eating It Too (splitting up a cake into fractions)
by Matthew McElligott

1st grade - 4th grade


Fractions, Decimals,
and Percents

(teaches how to change fractions
to decimals, percents to fractions...)
by David Adler

3rd grade - 5th grade math
Working with Fractions
(teaches that fractions are everywhere, even a birthday party)
by David Adler

illustr by Edward Miller
3rd grade - 5th grade math


Funny and Fabulous
Fraction Stories

30 Reproducible Math Tales to
Reinforce Important Fraction Skills
By Dan Greenberg
3rd grade - 7th grade
The Wishing ClubA Story about Fractions  
(four kids wish on a star, only a fraction seem to come true)
by Donna Jo Napoli

Kindergarten - 3rd grade


Go Fractions!(early reader that works in fractions as they relate to a soccer team)
An All Aboard Math Reader
by Judith Stamper

2nd grade - 4th grade math
Fractions = Trouble
(the story about a child who is struggling to understand fractions)
[NOTE: does not teach fractions]
by Claudia Mills

2nd grade & Up


The Hershey's Milk
Chocolate Fractions Book

(uses Hersheys to teach fractions)
by Jerry Pallotta

Kindergarten - 4th grade math
Apple Fractions
(fractions lesson via apple slices)
by Jerry Pallotta

illustrated by Rob Bolster
Kindergarten - 2nd grade math


Mary Clare Likes to Share
(fraction lesson & story of sharing)
Step Into Reading Math Reader

by Joy Hulme
Kindergarten - 1st grade math
Fraction Action
(loads of fraction lessons in
a comic book format)
by Loreen Leedy

Kindergarten - 3rd grade math


Pizza Counting
(using pizza to present fractions)
by Christina Dobson

illustrated by Matthew Holmes
1st grade - 4th grade math
Piece = Part = Portion
Fraction = Decimals = Percents  
(using pizza to teach equivalencies)
by Scott Gifford

3rd grade - 5th grade math


Polar Bear Math
Learning About Fractions from Klondike and Snow (teaches fractions in real world application)by Ann Whitehead Nagda
3rd grade - 5th grade math
Multiplying MenaceThe Revenge of Rumpelstiltskin:
(multiplying whole #s and fractions)

by Pam Calvert
3rd grade & up


Clean Sweep Campers
(fraction fun at summer camp!)
A Math Matters series book

by Lucille Penner
2nd grade - 3rd grade math

Jump, Kangaroo, Jump
(teaches fractions via the games at an animal school "field day")
a MathStart series book

by Stuart Murphy
2nd grade - 4th grade math


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Best Children's Books for Teaching Shapes

When a Line Bends, a
Shape Begins

(use it to teach 10 different
2D shapes)
by Rhoda Gowler Greene
preschool - 2nd grade
Shape by Shape
(use it to teach basic 2D shapes
with a little mystery added
)
by Suse MacDonald
preschool - 1st grade math


A Circle Here, A Square There
(use it to teach basic 2D shapes)
by David Diehl

preschool - kindergarten
Skippyjon Jones Shape Up
(use it to teach early intro to shapes)by Judy Schachner
preschool - Kindergarten


Captain Invincible and
the Space Shapes

(space adventure that's great
for teaching 3D shapes)
by Stuart Murphy

kindergarten - 4th grade
Cubes, Cones, Cylinders,
and Spheres

(uses photographs to teach children that 3D shapes all around us)
by Tana Hoban
p
reschool - 4th grade


If You Were a Polygon
(teaches all about polygons)
by Marcie Aboff
illustrated by Sarah Dillard

1st grade - 2nd grade
Icky Bug Shapes
(uses bug bodies to teach shapes)
by Jerry Pallotta

illustrated by Shennen Bersani
preschool - 2nd grade


Shapes, Shapes, Shapes
(uses photographs to teach kids
that 
shapes all around us)
by Tana Hoban
good for all ages
So Many Circles, So
Many Squares
    
(uses photographs to teach kids
that 
shapes all around us)
preschool - 1st grade


Museum Shapes
(teaches basic shapes by
showing 
famous artworks)by the Metropolitan Museum of Art
kindergarten - 3rd grade
Round is a Mooncake
(great to teach basic shapes and
a little about Chinese culture)
by Roseanne Thong
preschool 
- kindergarten


I Spy Shapes in Art
(teaches basic shapes by
showing 
famous artworks)
by 
Lucy Micklethwait
preschool - 2nd grade
Tyrannosaurus Math
(dinos explore shapes and
other math concepts
)
by Michelle Markel
Kindergarten - 3rd grade


Circle Dogs
(story about dogs that can be
used to teach shapes
)
by Kevin Henkes

preschool - Kindergarten
Windows, Rings, & Grapes:
a Look at Different Shapes

(crazy cats teach geometry shapes)
by Brian Cleary

Grade 1 & Up


The Greedy Triangle
(little triangle sees what it's like
to live as other 2D shapes)
by 
Marilyn Burns
preschool - 2nd grade
A Cloak for the Dreamer
(tailors make cloaks using different shapes of fabric--which is best?)
by Aileen Friedman

Kindergarten - 3rd grade


Not a Box
one simple box = possibilities!
(click link to see lesson idea using this book to teach basic shapes)

by Antoinette Portispreschool - 1st grade shapes