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Sharing in an app allows educators to pose problems and investigations for students by using an 8-character code or link. Students can share their thinking with their teachers and classmates. Share codes remain available for continued use for 18 months from the date they are last accessed.
Watch the video to learn how sharing works.

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Sharing in an app allows educators to pose problems and investigations for students by using an 8-character code or link. Students can share their thinking with their teachers and classmates. Share codes remain available for continued use for 18 months from the date they are last accessed.

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Number Rack facilitates the natural development of children's number sense. Rows of moveable, colored beads encourage learners to think in groups of fives and tens, helping them to explore and discover a variety of addition and subtraction strategies.

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Number Pieces by The Math Learning Center

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Number Pieces helps students develop a deeper understanding of place value while building their computation skills with multi-digit numbers. Students use the pieces to represent multi-digit numbers, regroup, add, subtract, multiply, and divide.

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Number Frames by The Math Learning Center

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Number Frames help students structure numbers to five, ten, twenty, and one hundred. Students use the frames to count, represent, compare, and compute with numbers in a particular range.

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Sums of 10
Ten-frame
Equation
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Addition
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Number Rack facilitates the natural development of children's number sense. Rows of moveable, colored beads encourage learners to think in groups of fives and tens, helping them to explore and discover a variety of addition and subtraction strategies.

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Number Pieces by The Math Learning Center

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Number Pieces helps students develop a deeper understanding of place value while building their computation skills with multi-digit numbers. Students use the pieces to represent multi-digit numbers, regroup, add, subtract, multiply, and divide.

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Materials Needed: Deck of Cards

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Number Frames by The Math Learning Center

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Number Frames help students structure numbers to five, ten, twenty, and one hundred. Students use the frames to count, represent, compare, and compute with numbers in a particular range.

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Assignment date April 15, 2020
Watch Video And noticed the use of the number bonds used in the video as it is just another way to represent a part-part-whole model in mathematics.

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0+5 = 5
1+4 = 5
2+3 = 5
3+2 = 5
4+1 = 5
5+0 = 5

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Assignment date April 15, 2020
This video demonstrates the use of the Make 10 strategy

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Parts of 10 consist of two Addends that equal 10. It is also referred as two parts equal the whole. For example:

0+10 = 10
1+9 =10
2+8 = 10
3+7 = 10
4+6 = 10
5+5 = 10
6+4 = 10
7+3 = 10
8+2 = 10
9+1 = 10
10+0 = 10

Parent Tip: The difference between parts of 10 and some stuff 10 are as follows:

1.  Parts of 10 you have to identify what two numbers make 10. For example, if I have 6 ones I need to make 10 the missing part would be 4. Parts of 10 are two numbers that equal to the sum of 10.

2. Sums of 10 Is the ability to fluently with automaticity recall sums of 10 facts.

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Number Rack facilitates the natural development of children's number sense. Rows of moveable, colored beads encourage learners to think in groups of fives and tens, helping them to explore and discover a variety of addition and subtraction strategies.

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Number Pieces by The Math Learning Center

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Count to 10 and Learn Numbers | Counting Songs for Kids | Kids Songs | Pancake Manor

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Number Frames by The Math Learning Center

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In this activity you will help and encourage your child to count a predetermined number of items and then continuing to count from that point. You can create a second activity by following similar steps in reverse and subtracting from a set number of items.

Follow these steps and be sure to encourage your child with as much positive feedback as possible.

Counting On Activity

Place two items in your hand. Ask your child to tell you how many are in our hand.

"You got it right."

Place two more items in your other hand and ask your child how many are there altogether.

Your child may start to count the first hand over again and then add on from the second hand. Allow them to do this, but then teach them how to add on - a very valuable skill.

Close your first hand so that you can not see the items and ask how many are in there.

"You did it!"

Now we start with two and add on the other hand; two, three four.

You may want to even move your hand and role model yourself.
"Two, three, four."
"Bravo!"

Do this procedure many times over with different amounts of items.

Have your child test you...have your child be the teacher....have fun.
"I'm having fun."
"Me too!"

Counting Back Activity

Start with a predetermined number of items and subtract from that amount. Follow similar steps to those above for the Counting On activity except do them in reverse.

The above counting activity was created by Diane Massie, a HelpingWithMath.com contributor, and it is part of her Handling Math program.
First hand experiences brings mastery of a skill and concept.

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Counting Activities: Counting On and Counting Back

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In this activity you will help and encourage your child to count a predetermined number of items and then continuing to count from that point. You can create a second activity by following similar steps in reverse and subtracting from a set number of items. Follow these steps and be sure to encourage your child ...

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What Numbers Make 10 | Learn to Add | Kindergarten Addition Song | Math for Kids | Jack Hartmann

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Give me 5 (Let's Make 5) (A song about adding to 5)

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Adding to Ten- Ways to Make Ten with My Doggie 10!

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Numberjacks Episode Compilation | Part One

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In math addition fact sums to 10 we need to find the two numbers that add to 10. There are many numbers that add to 10 (ten).

Suppose Kelly's mother gave 5 pencils how many pencils Kelly need more to make 10? She needs 5 more pencils to make 10. Since, 5 + 5 =10.

Memorize the table based on addition facts that add to 10:

From the above table write the number to make the sum 10:

1 + 9 = 10

2 + 8 = 10

3 + 7 = 10

4 + 6 = 10

5 + 5 = 10
Related addition fact sums to 10:
5 + 5 = 10

6 + 4 = 10

7 + 3 = 10

8 + 2 = 10

9 + 1 = 10

10 + 0 = 10

Worked-out examples to find the addition fact sums to 10:

Count the numbers up to add. Start counting from 6 and count up 4:

The sum is 10.

2. Find the missing addend whose addition fact sums to 10:

(i) 10 = 2 + ?

Start counting the numbers after 2 to make it equal to 10

3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Count the numbers now, there are 8 numbers.

10 = 2 + 8

(ii) 10 = 4 + ?

Start counting the numbers after 4 to make it equal to 10

5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Count the numbers now, there are 6 numbers.

10 = 4 + 6
First Grade Math Activities From Addition Fact Sums to 10 to HOME PAGE

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In math addition fact sums to 10 we need to find the two numbers that add to 10. There are many numbers that add to 10 (ten). Suppose Kelly's mother gave 5 pencils how many pencils Kelly

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Taking Math Outside: Sidewalk Chalk Math

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Materials Needed: Deck of Cards. This would be a good game to play when identifying partners for the sounds of 10. For example if I have four you have six. If I have seven you have three. If I have eight the other person would say I have two. Select four sets of cards that equal 10 and lay them out on a surface. For example pull out the number two and the compliment pair would be eight. Pull out the number six and it’s partner would be four. Pull out that number seven and the compliment for seven would be three. Keep it simple at first and then increase the rigor.

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If I were a kid I’d rather be doing this!

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If I were a kid I’d rather be doing this!

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As a mathematics educator who also happens to be a new mom, I have serious concerns about the future math classroom my daughter will enter. One of my biggest fears is that the math class will stifle much of her curiosity and creativity that I have witnessed every day during her first few months of life.

In my collaborations with preschool to 2nd grade early-childhood educators over the past five years, I have found that teachers often wrestle with two historically competing philosophies of educating young children. One philosophy embraces the importance of creating play-based environments, where children learn by exploring and engaging in play. The other emphasizes the need to prepare students to meet state and national mathematics standards by focusing on specific academic skills. These two philosophies are not either-or. In fact, mathematical thinking and learning often happen during play.

With the adoption of the Common Core State Standards and an increasing focus on so-called 21st-century skills, our thinking about supporting students' curiosity and creativity has progressed in recent years. However, as with most change, the implementation of our ideas hasn't yet panned out the way we might have hoped.

I am finding that teachers are increasingly feeling the pressure to address learning standards in ways that do not build upon young children's inherent curiosity and inclination to experiment. Math instruction in the early grades is too often becoming more like traditional high school math classes. I have seen kindergarten and 1st grade teachers giving short lectures followed by having children complete worksheets filled with math problems. These worksheets often consist of the same type of problem just with different numbers (e.g., 1+2 = __; 1+3 = __; 1+4 = __) and noninteractive images for young children to count or compare.

What I am witnessing is not surprising given our misconceptions of what it means to learn math in school. Many think that math is all about learning procedures and memorizing rules. At both the high school and elementary levels, procedurally focused learning is not conducive to supporting students' understanding of important mathematical concepts. In fact, a 2016 study published in Scientific American found that students who rely on memorization are half a year behind their peers who approach math by relating concepts to existing knowledge and monitoring their own understanding.

It is important to attend to mathematical learning goals while fostering creativity early in a child's education. We need to create more opportunities for young children to explore mathematical ideas in interactive and playful ways. Instead of doing math worksheets, young children need intentionally designed activities that allow them to think and engage like mathematicians by testing out different ideas, experimenting with strategies, and explaining their thinking. Unlike traditional math worksheet problems that can only be solved one way, children should engage in problems that have many possible solution strategies and are ripe for discussion and debate.

What can we do as educational practitioners and leaders?

1. Be curious about how children think. Young children have fascinating strategies for how to solve mathematical problems. Our goal is to support them to develop perseverance, confidence, and critical thinking skills when solving math problems. Rather than telling them exact steps for solving a problem, a good first step is to ask open-ended questions ("How did you figure it out?"). Then watch to see what the child does before asking another question that is based on what you observed ("I noticed that you moved the blue bears. Why did you do that?").

2. Support teachers to change things up. Teachers should be encouraged to focus on the creative nature of math. It's OK if math assignments don't look like traditional math worksheets. If teachers give homework, it should be interactive and exploratory in nature, not stagnant worksheets.

3. Get parents on board by encouraging them to find opportunities to engage in math in our everyday lives and surroundings. A great way to start is by counting collections of objects with young children. A collection can be made up of anything found at home, such as coins or utensils. The goal is to figure out how many objects are in the collection and to support children to think deeply about quantity in a way that makes sense to them. In my experiences, children are very excited to figure out how many objects are in their collections and will use a variety of strategies in the process (e.g., sorting, multiplying, adding, etc.).

If we make a concerted effort to push back against traditional math worksheets, my concerns might be alleviated by the time my daughter enters kindergarten.

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Ditch the Math Worksheets and Stop Killing Kids' Curiosity (Opinion)

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As a mathematics educator who also happens to be a new mom, I have serious concerns about the future math classroom my daughter will enter. One of my biggest fears is that the math class will stifle much of her curiosity and creativity that I have witnessed every day during her first few months of life.

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Play very simple to set up bean math grid game with your toddlers and preschoolers! We have prepared for you blank math grid templates for counting from 1 - 10 for toddlers and preschoolers, and 1 - 20 for pre-K and older kids. We have also included a printable list of 50 either free or very inexpensive math manipulatives, but more about this later on.

Ever since my toddler played with beans in a sensory bin, we have beans all over the house. She's always cooking beans, playing with them and recently, she began to count her beans. She's just now in this age when she counts just about everything. Sometimes she misses the number but hey! Practice makes it perfect!

How to prepare the game?

We used:

little bowl with dry beans for counters (at least 10 / 20 depending which math grid game template you will use)

math grid game template (download on the bottom of this page)

dice

We used game template with 10 fields to count from 1 - 10. Math grid games are awesome because you really don't need much - template, dice, and manipulatives to use as counters.

How to play math grid game

Place everything on the table. Let the child roll the dice, count the number of dots on dice and place corresponding number of counters (beans), one per each field. Repeat rolling until all the fields are filled.

This game can be played as a board game with more children. In this case, prepare needed number of beans (number of kids x 10 for 10 field grid game or, number of kids x 20 for 20 field grid game) and print required number of math grid templates, one for each child.

Our experience with math grid game

My daughter loves counting dots on a dice and she became pretty good with it. Another thing that's good about using a template with 10 fields is that the game doesn't take too long. And you know toddlers! They fast lose attention unless they are truly interested in an activity.

So we played our game with 10 fields and when she requested to do it again, I showed her a grid with 20 fields and asked if she would like to play with that one. She did. And we repeated the process - throw a dice, count the dots, place as many beans in the fields. She won. Lucky little cutie!

50 MATH MANIPULATIVES TO USE AS COUNTERS IN MATH GAMES

As we mentioned in the introduction, we have collected a list of 50 math manipulatives you can keep on hand both at home or in a classroom and use them over and over with our math grid game printables. What's common to all of these manipulatives is that all of them are free (things you already have at home) or very cheap to purchase.

Here is the list:

4-page free printable (math grid game templates + math manipulatives list)

You will find inside

instruction how to play math grid game

math grid game template with 1 - 10 fields

math grid game template with 1 - 20 fields

list of 50 math manipulatives to use as counters

For additional ideas to learn in a fun and engaging way with your toddlers and preschoolers, we would like to recommend you our book - Learn with Play (150+ Activities for Year-Round Fun and Learning)! You will find inside easy to prepare activities for everyday fun as well for all seasons and holidays! Here is a preview for you:

This post may contain affiliate links and we will earn a small provision if you make a purchase through them. Read full disclosure.

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Bean Math Grid Game with a List of 50 Math Manipulatives

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Free printable templates for bean math grid game - count to10 for toddlers and to 20 for preschool with a list of 50 math manipulatives.

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#StayHome 🔴 Numberblocks - Numbers One to Fifteen LIVE! | Learn to Count

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How to make math fun using manipulatives

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So excited to share the Math Made Fun with Manipulatives series I am hosting with 21 other creative bloggers beginning June 1st!!

My goal for this series is to make it known that math can be and IS FUN!! Math doesn't need to be drill and kill through workbooks or expensive toys and now with summer break approaching for many school children, this is the perfect time to reinforce math skills in a fun, hands-on way. So many math concepts can easily be taught with everyday manipulatives you have in your craft stash, kitchen, toy bins, etc!!

Hands-on Math Manipulatives

I am so excited to have 21 other bloggers around the web as enthusiastic about math as I am!! Be sure to pin, bookmark,... whatever you need to do to save this page as a resource for many awesome math activities to do with your child using everyday common items. I encourage you to check back throughout the month of June to see how each manipulative was used in a math centered activity.

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I'd love for you to follow along so you never miss out on one of our fun activities we share at School Time Snippets!

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How to Make Math Fun Using Manipulatives

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Make Math Fun with the use of hands-on manipulatives. Series consist of 21 activities and manipulative ideas for kids of all ages.

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5 Ways to Make Sidewalk Chalk - wikiHow Fun

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Sidewalk chalk is easy to make and only requires a few simple ingredients. You can make standard solid chalk, but since your playtime takes place outdoors, you can also have fun with liquid chalks. Here are a few different variations you…

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We love fun math activities for kids around here, especially if they're done using simple math manipulatives. These craft stick math activities definitely fit the bill for being simple and fun. I added a couple easy shopping affiliate links in this post, FYI.

Oh how I heart "popsicle sticks" as we always called them. Hehehe, I still have fond childhood memories of sitting around the kitchen table with a big box of craft sticks, building for hours, always applying too much glue. My kids are not quite at the "free access to glue" stage yet but we do love using craft sticks for all sorts of fun at our house!

The craft stick market has really expanded since my glue-drenched jewelry box days. They come in all sorts of sizes and colors these days:

With so many options, the possibilities for fun and creativity are endless! But I bet you want to see how to use them for math?! Okay, here we go!
Related: Pop, Fizz, Bang! 40 Fun Math and Science Activities for Kids
Fun Math Activities Using Craft Sticks
Click through each link for full details. Pictured above, starting at the top, left to right: Related: 20 Clothespin Fine Motor Activities
Click through each links to get instructions and a tutorial.
In this collage, starting at the top, left to right:
Math Made Fun!

Hop on over to School Time Snippets' Math Made Fun Series page for even more fun math activities the kids can try. You'll see oodles of fun DIY Math Manipulatives Ideas! You'll find ideas for dice, erasers, blocks, felt, beads, seashells, buttons, muffin tins, coins and LOTS more!
For even more awesome math and science activities, check out my eBook!

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20 Fun Math Activities Using Craft Sticks

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If you're looking for fun math activities that use simple math manipulatives, we've got you covered. 20 math activities for kids using craft sticks.

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Play fun math games outside using sidewalk chalk!