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Adding and Subtracting: What These Words Mean
Kids learn that add means put together and subtract means take away - real objects make these abstract words concrete.
Counting with Nature Finds
A simple outdoor activity where kids collect natural items and practice counting and grouping them in the backyard or a local park.
How Long Is That?: Elapsed Time with Clocks
Teaches kids to calculate elapsed time - how long an activity takes. Uses real-world examples like walks, cooking, and screen time.
Measuring with Your Feet
An introduction to non-standard measurement using their own feet. Kids learn that measurement is about how many units fit in a space.
Multiplication as Repeated Addition: Grouping Together
Kids see multiplication not as a memorized fact but as grouping - three groups of four makes twelve total.
Multiplying Fractions by Whole Numbers: The Pizza Fraction Game
Visual, hands-on introduction to multiplying fractions by whole numbers using pizza slices.
Skip Counting for Early Multiplication Prep
Kids learn skip counting with physical objects before memorizing numbers. Builds number sense and early multiplication readiness.
Subtraction Word Problems: Taking Away in Real Life
Real-world subtraction scenarios that help K-1 students understand what taking away looks like in everyday situations.
Understanding Percentages: Parts of a Whole
Kids discover what percentages really mean by working with 100-grid templates and real-world examples like sales discounts and test scores.
Adding Within 5
Your child's first addition lesson! Put groups of objects together to find out how many in all, using fingers, blocks, and snacks.
Addition Fact Strategies
Move beyond counting on fingers with powerful addition strategies: doubles, near-doubles, and making 10. Includes hands-on practice activities.
Addition Facts to 10 Practice
Simple addition practice sheets with problems within 10, designed for repeated use to build fluency and confidence.
Area and Perimeter
Learn what area and perimeter are and how to calculate them by measuring real spaces in your home and yard.
Calendar Math
Build a daily calendar routine with days, weeks, months, weather tracking, and counting. Connects math to Tennessee seasons and everyday life.
Comparing Numbers: More, Less, Equal
Use real objects to compare groups and learn the words more, less, fewer, and equal. A visual, hands-on introduction to comparison.
Counting by 10s
Learn to skip count by 10s using dimes, groups of objects, songs, and movement. A fun introduction to skip counting and early place value.
Counting to 20
Practice counting objects up to 20 using real items from around your house, with fun activities for counting forward and backward.
Equivalent Fractions
Discover that the same amount can have different fraction names, using fraction strips and visual proofs.
Fraction Strips
Printable cut-out fraction strips from halves through twelfths for hands-on comparing, equivalent fractions, and adding practice.
Introduction to Division
Understand what division means through sharing equally and making groups, then connect it to multiplication.
Introduction to Fractions
Discover what fractions are through pizza, pie, and paper folding - building a visual, hands-on understanding of equal parts.
Introduction to Multiplication: Equal Groups
Understand what multiplication really means through equal groups, arrays, and real objects. Learn to write multiplication sentences.
Measuring with a Ruler: Inches and Centimeters
Hands-on practice using a ruler to measure everyday objects in both inches and centimeters. Kids learn the difference between the two systems of measurement.
Money: Coins and Values
Learn to identify pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters, know their values, and practice counting simple coin combinations using real coins.