Hands on math centers first grade

In my first grade classroom, we LOVE math centers! It is the perfect time for students to review math skills in an engaging, hands-on way. A question I hear a lot is: how can I differentiate math centers to meet the needs of all of my students? Today I am going to share my favorite ways to easily differentiate math centers! Using simple differentiation tools such as color coding by math group, dice, task cards, containers, and folders, helps set up systems for easy classroom differentiation!

Reviewing math skills is a lot more fun in a game format and these one-page first grade games are super easy to prep and play! Use them during math workshop, pop them into your math centers, or send them home for a little extra practice with a family member. Each game only needs a few common math manipulatives you probably already have on hand, like dice, counters, and base ten blocks... perfect for getting better at addition, place value, and more. Come grab a sample to try out with your…

Happy Saturday! I know this is going to sound cliche and all, but seriously….where did the summer go?! August is only a couple of days away and most of my teacher friends are starting school either this coming week or the next. Oh summer…we loved you so!!!! Now it’s upward and onward and we’re getting …

Engaging, hands-on, interactive, math stations on number sense and number fluency. Help your students with learning numbers, number recognition, one to one correspondence, counting sets, greater and less, building numbers, ones, tens, hundreds with these math centers. These math station ideas and math games on numeracy are perfect for kindergarten, first grade, and second grade. To learn more about "Math Stations by Standard", visit www.tunstallsteachingtidbits.com

Hands-on math activities for children who love blocks! You can use these printable counting and addition games with your favourite unit blocks to build math towers, supporting early math and fine motor skills. Math towers – block addition activity printables This article is part of our creative math activities for children. Save time with our […]

Place Value Math Center activities to teach students how to write, model and draw 2-digit numbers using tens and ones.

Making 5 and 10 is a critical math skill in kindergarten. Make practice effective with these ways to make 5 and 10 activities for kindergarten.

Addition Up to 10. Plus, MORE hands-on addition math centers for Kindergarten! Teach basic addition in a variety of ways that help students build math skills.

When I first started teaching 18 years ago, kids commonly knew how to play these card games. Unfortunately, a lot kids do not know how to play them anymore. The good news is, they are pretty simple games to learn. Once students learn the rules, you can play them with number cards, like I am ... Read More about 3 Card Games to Practice Math

Want students to practice fact fluency daily in math centers but not sure how to do it in a low-prep way?! This math fact fluency game is a great center to incorporate into your kindergarten or first grade math center block. I’ve got you covered!

Back & Forth is an easy and fun game to practice numeracy. Two players take turns rolling the die and moving the playing piece back & forth on the game...

Once May rolls around, the summer countdown is ON. As hard as you might try, it can be a real struggle to keep kids on task and engaged with only a few weeks left of school. Add in end-of-the-year and summer activities for Kindergarten like an End of the Year ABC Countdown and the odds...

Looking for kindergarten math activities? These math games with dice are perfect for whole-group math instruction, small group, or even centers! Activities include roll and color worksheets, dice graphing, and four in a row! All of these math activities require no preparation. Simply print the activity and add a die!

Learn teen numbers and counting to 20 with our fun math center activity cards. Read more on our kindergarten and first grade focused blog for teachers!

Wondering how to ensure students get hands on math practice during this time of distance learning, hybrid teaching, and social distancing? Create personal math toolkits with this FREE printable resource to help your Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second

Reinforce number sense and math skills with these dice math centers. These activities will work on numbers, addition, subtraction, and more!

Place Value Activities and worksheets for First Grade - students will play hands-on games to practice place value.

These 5 hands on math centers are favorite ideas for building and developing number sense at home or in a preschool, kindergarten, or first grade classroom. Use at an independent station or center or for math tubs, morning work or teaching small groups. The math mats & loose parts reflect seasonal themes for fall, winter, & spring. Inspired by Reggio provocations, but applied to a public school setting, these activities extend whole and small group lessons & are fun alternatives to…

I love the versatility of dry erase pockets! They are great for so many reasons; they are easy to prepare, easy to clean, durable, and students LOVE them! They are great to use for checking for understanding and guided practice. Students can hold them up like dry erase boards to quickly show you their work. Today I wanted to share a few of the First Grade Math Mats I created to use in dry erase pockets. They are great for whole group and small group instruction. Once the mats are introduced…