If your little one has ever asked you, “How does a plane fly?” and you weren’t exactly sure how to answer, this is the post for you! I’m going to show you how to use a simple paper airplane activity to learn about the four principles of flight—with lots of fun and experimentation along the…
15 Fun Math Games for Kids | Perfect for Grade 3!
I absolutely love using games to help teach math skills! Over the years, I have come across oodles of brilliant math games for kids—from DIY Math Guess Who, to the pencil and paper game Strike It Out, to classics like Yahtzee and Battleship. Today, I’m going to share 10 of my favorite math games from…
Hundreds Chart Games | 8 Fun Ideas for Grades 1 to 3
If you’re looking for a simple and engaging way to help kids with number sense, the hundreds chart is your new best friend! You can use it to play all sorts of fun hundreds chart games that reinforce skills like counting, addition and subtraction, patterning, and more. In this post, I’m sharing eight of my…
Citrus Math Fraction Manipulatives!
Don’t let math get sour—keep it sweet with these citrus math fraction manipulatives! This bundle has been created for you to use with your children and it is completely FREE! These fraction printables are perfect for children in Grades 1-3 and go along beautifully with the How Wee Learn Math Curriculums. Our math curriculum is unique…
The Power of Storytelling in Early Math Education
Have you ever considered using storytelling in early math education? If not, I’m here to convince you! Storytelling is a wonderful way to ignite curiosity and foster understanding with our little learners. In fact, the complete How Wee Learn Primary Math Curriculum—from Grades 1 to 3—teaches math through storytelling. I’ll tell you a bit more…
Math in Real Life | Explore Math with Hands-On Fun!
Do you have an inquisitive little one who loves numbers, shapes, and problem-solving? What if you engage your little ones in a playful way while learning about some super cool mathematical topics? Get ready to be astonished as I tell you a little bit about our Math is Everywhere Family Unit Study, where we explore math…
Calendar Activities
When I was teaching Kindergarten, I remember feeling so successful after calendar time. Really, if everything else that day fell to pieces, I would still feel like my little ones had learned so many important skills – just from our calendar activities! Now that I am homeschooling my own little ones, we do ‘calendar activities’…
Can You Build a Tower Worth 23?
I find numbers and math in general super fascinating. There, it’s been said. It’s out of the bag. I am a bit of a numbers-nerd. But they are very cool – how they all fit and work together. I love introducing my little ones to some of these neat math concepts. Pretty big concepts really,…
Telling Time – I Think It’s Time!
Time sure flies. I remember so vividly tucking that little 6-year-old of mine into bed when it was well before 7:00 pm on a cold winter’s night. His tired little body getting some much needed rest. And Mama too. But those days, I fear are a thing of the past. With a clock in his…
Nancy Number Face
A photo on Friday. Happy Friday! The kids and I had so much fun with this number math art. It is as simple as it looks, we just cut out numbers and turned them into eyes, ears, hair, and noses. It was a great chance for my little ones to look at numbers closely, compare…