Addictively fun STEM activities for kids!
St. Patrick’s Day is the perfect time to add some themed, seasonal fun to our learning. These number puzzles provide practice with number identification, counting, tally marks, ten frames, and subitizing! They are perfect to use with preschoolers or early kindergarteners. This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Getting Ready To prep these puzzles, I printed the cards on cardstock and laminated them to keep them sturdy. This is
Roll a Rainbow is a fun count and color game that’s perfect to use as a math center or just-because activity. As kids race to fill their rainbow with red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple, they count (or instantly recognize) the numbers one through six. The game is so entertaining, little mathematicians won’t even notice that they’re building important math skills! Getting Ready The prep for
Kids love learning about outer space! That’s why we pulled together a batch of counting clip cards that combine science and math into one motivating activity. Grab your copy below and get ready for some out of this world fun! (Pun intended.) Getting Ready To prep, I printed the clip cards (below) on cardstock to give them extra durability and make the colors really pop.
Teaching children how to skip count builds their number sense, helps them learn how to quickly count on from a given number (4 more than 16 is 20, for example) and begins developing their ability to multiply and divide. These free skip counting posters are great to use during whole class instruction or as a helpful reminder to display on the wall. Fun Ways to Practice
If you’re a fan of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, these counting cards are a must-play. Inspired by the classic children’s book, these Very Hungry Caterpillar clip cards give kids practice with counting, number recognition, subitizing (instantly recognizing the number of objects in a group) and fine motor skills. They’re perfect to use as a preschool or early kindergarten math center or story follow-up activity! This post contains Amazon
My boys are big Hot Wheels fans so challenging them to create a paper towel race track was a no-brainer! They loved seeing how fast they could make their cars zoom and I loved that the motivating STEM activity was helping them develop important engineering skills. This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Getting Ready The prep for our STEM activity was quick and easy. We gathered together the pile
LEGOS are such a motivating way to teach kids math! These fun-filled addition cards take learning to a whole new level of cool by helping kids see how two sets of LEGOS can be added together to make one sum. The LEGO addition cards are great to use as a math center, building station or homeschool activity. They’re easy prep and super entertaining! This post contains Amazon affiliate
Number Bingo is an addictively fun way to work on number recognition, counting and subitizing (instantly recognizing the number of items in a set). The playful number game is perfect to use as a math center, small group game, or homeschool activity with preschoolers and kindergarteners who are ready to tackle those tricky teens. This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Getting Ready To prep, I printed
Hundred charts are an amazing tool for teaching all sorts of math skills: counting, adding, multiplication, problem solving, skip counting and more. Grab your free hundred chart below and then try out our 15 favorite ways to use it! Why 120 instead of 100? Before I go any further, I better stop and explain why our hundred chart includes numbers up to 120. Kinda’ weird, but I promise it’s not
It’s surprisingly easy to make a DIY lava lamp! This quick and simple science demonstration uses a few common items to explore density and buoyancy. Experimenting with water and oil is always a favorite, but with the addition of one extra ingredient, my little scientists were completely mesmerized. DIY lava lamps can made two different ways, either using salt or antacid tablets. We happened to have all the
