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April 2, 2017 by: Jennifer

Using Dice in the Classroom

Using Dice in the Classroom Using Dice in the Classroom:  This past week I had the privilege of presenting at the New England PreK-2 Conference in New Hampshire.  The teachers were so sweet and Manchester was lovely!  Anyway, one of the sessions was all about using dice in the classroom.   I shared some freebies and thought you might enjoy one of them, too!  Using dice in

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Filed Under: Math, Uncategorized Tagged With: dice games, Math

June 12, 2016 by: Jennifer

Doubles Math Facts Freebie

Doubles Math Facts Freebie Doubles Math Facts Freebie:  I have a great Doubles Math Facts Freebie for you today!  But first, let me tell you a little bit about what I’ve been doing. First, I packed up my kindergarten  classroom. A few packing up tips: Use Astrobrights Papers for your custodial signs: Line the bottoms of your cabinets with painter’s tape so that they aren’t

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Filed Under: End of Year, Math Tagged With: dice games, Math

February 7, 2016 by: Jennifer

Inventory Exploration Boxes Freebie

Inventory Exploration Boxes Freebie Inventory Exploration Boxes Freebie:  Play is so important in the early childhood classroom.  Play isn’t just play, it’s the way kids learn best! My friend Vickie at Primary Press has a great post {HERE} about how she uses exploration boxes as an alternative to morning work.  I decided to give them a try but not necessarily for morning work.   I

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Filed Under: Freebies, Math, Morning Work, Uncategorized Tagged With: freebie, Math, play

July 30, 2015 by: Jennifer

Estimation: Making Sense of Math Linky Week: 5

We are busy. There, I said it. We are so busy that sometimes we forget or run out of time to do special activities with our class. With that said, it’s important to make those activities part of your daily or weekly routine, then they are less likely to fall by the wayside. Estimation is one of those activities that is easy to forget, or

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Filed Under: Math, Uncategorized Tagged With: Math

November 6, 2014 by: Jennifer

Thanksgiving {Fall} No Prep Just Add Dice Games

Hooray for me!! I FINISHED my latest No Prep Just Add Dice Games for Thanksgiving and Fall!!  Find the pack {HERE} Yay for the cutest clip art ever from Melonheadz,  AND…… This is the LAST pack included in the Just Add Dice BUNDLE  {FIND IT HERE}  I am thrilled at how the bundle has turned out.  It is SO easy for me to just print

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Filed Under: Fall, Math, Thanksgiving, Uncategorized

October 26, 2014 by: Jennifer

Odd and Even Webs Freebie! {and my week}

Need some fun practice for odd and even numbers?  I got all these items from the Target Dollar Spot, even the foam stickers.  I just wrote numbers on them and created a recording page to go with it! Such a fun math station! Something about a spider’s web makes math fun! You can find the FREEBIE {HERE}.   Hope you can use it! What else

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Filed Under: Freebies, Halloween, Math, Pumpkins, Uncategorized

October 16, 2014 by: Jennifer

Halloween Just Add Dice NO PREP Math Game Pack

Guess who finally finished her Halloween Just Add Dice Math NO PREP Game Pack?? Hmmm? I’ll tell you who… THIS GIRL! With adorable clipart from my sweet friend, Nikki, MelonHeadz, I have the cutest dice game pack ever for your Halloween Season! You can find the new pack {here} on TpT! I also updated the Just Add Dice Bundle to include the new Halloween Pack!

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Filed Under: Math, Uncategorized

September 6, 2014 by: Jennifer

Estimation Station FREEBIE

As part of our Investigations Math Series we have to do estimations {weekly} and so I decided to make it part of our Rise and Shine Binders {by Reagan Tunstall- they are phenomenal, btw).  I had shared a picture of my estimation activity and someone asked if I would share it on my blog…so here goes: I purchased this estimation station off of Amazon…for a

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August 3, 2014 by: Jennifer

Pattern Block Sight Words {Giveaway}

I had this great post planned with all the pictures I took of my classroom today (while I was up there working for 7 hours straight) but I am just too pooped to get the pictures edited and the post written…so instead, how about I share something I use for my Letters and Sounds Station =)  As I was getting my stations ready for the

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Filed Under: Math, Uncategorized

July 19, 2014 by: Jennifer

Photo Albums for Math Review is a Bright Idea!

I’ve seen this idea used over the years, but was reminded of it on Pinterest a while back {here}… how smart is it to use flash cards in a bragbook with a dry erase marker to review facts?  So smart! I got the brag books from Target and Walmart =)  This idea would also work with handwriting flashcards, or ?? The sky is the limit!

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Filed Under: Ideas, Math, Uncategorized

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