Review of Thinkster Math – a highly personalized virtual tutoring program with a database of video tutorials and 100,000+ fun and interactive worksheets
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10 tips for shopping on TPT
Here are 10 tips for shopping on TPT and getting the most benefit out of the site. TPT stands for TeachersPayTeachers and is an online marketplace where educators around the world upload high quality resources they’ve created for use in their own classrooms or homes. These products are great ready-to-go teaching/learning resources for almost any topic you’d ever want to cover. Read more…
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Homeschool planner – a non-traditional version
This is the perfect homeschool planner for the family who follows a more relaxed style. Rather than scheduling every activity and lesson down to the minute for months ahead of time, this planner provides a clear, general structure to help guide you as you gather ideas and resources, make goals for each subject, sketch out […] Read more…
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Days of the Week: 3-in-1 Sequencing Activities
Learning the Days of the Week Here’s 3 fun activities to help your kids learn the order of the days of the week. These are interactive, multi-step, challenging activities that help kids practice several skills at once while solving puzzles and weaving their own Days of the Week mat. This set includes four different images […] Read more…
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Too many kids hate math because they’ve had negative experiences with it; they’ve often been forced to memorize something that didn’t make sense or wasn’t relevant or interesting. Programs like RightStart Mathematics help to eliminate this pervasive, crippling math anxiety. Here’s our experience with the curriculum. Read more…
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Number Recognition Game for Preschoolers
I’ve recently been inspired to create activities to help Lil Dude with number recognition (1-10, mostly). Last week we made a number banner, and I wanted to build on the momentum gained from that experience. In an attempt to find another interactive, discovery-type learning activity for him, I came up with this “game in a box.” […] Read more…
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Preschool Number Activities – Making a 1-10 banner
In this post, I wanted to share with you a few preschool number activities that you can use to introduce basic math skills to your preschoolers. My 2 year old woke up waaay early a few days ago, so I had about an hour of solid one-on-one time with him (and my cup of coffee!). […] Read more…
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Newly released: fresh-off-the-press resources to help students understand and enjoy Math
… Since I’ll be focusing on fundamental math topics rather than any certain textbook, the lesson packs will be designed to supplement any curriculum. They can be used with younger students to help solidify their understanding of math and, hopefully, get them excited about math and confident in their own ability to understand the subject, or they can be used for remediation purposes to help students who may struggle with a certain topic and need a new experience with the ideas. I’m designing them with a view towards easy implementation for parents/tutors/teachers with clear explanations of how to teach concepts in ways that help lead the student to discover how and why things work the way they do. … Read more…
