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Looking for some fun songs to help build your fact fluency? Check out this YouTube playlist!

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Learn your multiplication tables from x2 all the way to x12. And what better way to learn than with amazing music and cool dance moves. | 2nd Grade - 3rd Grade

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Roll It, Solve It, Cover It Division Games

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Roll It, Solve It, Cover It Division Games

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Work on your division fact fluency using these free printables and a dice.

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To play this game, all you need is a deck of cards, a dice, and a positive attitude!

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Use this game board and grab some dice to practice your multiplication fact fluency in this competitive game!

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Use three dice to play this fun math addition game!

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Break out a deck of cards to play this fun math addition game!

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Cool off from the summer heat with this water balloon addition math challenge!

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My son's all time favorite activity we've ever done was our Angry Birds Water Balloon Game. Warm weather and a half day of school made yesterday the perfect day to get drenched in the front yard and do a little Learning After School. We did this with math but it would be as simple to make letters , shapes or sight words as targets. Here is what we did .

1. Gather your materials. You will need some water balloons, a sharpie, some number targets , page protectors, bean bags, and hula hoops. You will also want a laundry type basket to carry the filled balloons.

2. Start by making the targets. I chose the numbers 7, 9 ,10 ,and 15. All the equations will equal one of these numbers. I used picmonkey.com to make simple images. Printed them out one per page and slid them into page protectors.

3. Fill your balloons . Carefully write equations that equal the numbers on the targets such as 3+4 or 15-5 . For younger children you could simply write numbers on the balloons and have them match them with the targets.

4. Set up your targets. I added bean bags inside the page protectors to weight them down.

5. Get ready.

6. Go! Read the equations, find the answer on one of the targets and throw!

7. They loved this. My son would read his sister's equations and tell her where to throw it. I was seriously amazed at how accurate he was. I should have remembered that later when we filled up more to throw at each other. It was kids against Mom and the kids won.

8. After the game - play more! We ended up using all the extra balloons and running through the sprinkler before retreating to the house.

Learning After School is our series of simple learning activities for families to do together after school. They are meant to be bite size and engaging . They aren't meant to replace homework just add a little more learning without making your child feel like they doing any extra work.

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Water Balloon Game { Learning After School} - No Time For Flash Cards

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My son's all time favorite activity we've ever done was our Angry Birds Water Balloon Game. Warm weather and a half day of school made yesterday the perfect day to get drenched in the front yard and do a little Learning After School.

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Shake up your typical math work session with this fun building and demolishing game to create subtraction equations!

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Subtraction can be a tricky concept for young learners. In the past, I have spent a significant amount of time practicing and understanding number bonds to ease the transition to subtraction. There are a lot of ways to model subtraction for kids, including reading books together. Today I'm sharing another fun way to build an early understanding of subtraction using a game that kids will love: Wrecking Ball Subtraction. This hands on math activity will model subtraction using building blocks. Plus, this easy subtraction game uses materials you likely already have on hand!
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Materials Needed for Wrecking Ball-Easy Subtraction Game:

How to Play:

This game is so simple. First, let your child build a tower out of blocks. My kids really had fun with this and created somewhat intricate designs (even though they knew they would knock it down!).

Once their tower is complete, make sure they count up the total number of blocks in the tower and record it on the print out.

I used this as a way to practice skip counting with my son.

Then the really fun part: demolishing the tower!

Give your child a yo-yo with the string let out. This makes the perfect "wrecking ball" for their tower.

They can then stand up and swing the yo-yo at the tower to see how many blocks they can knock down in one swing.

My kids loved this, and would shout and cheer each time a building was effectively demolished.

Then, let them count the total blocks knocked down, and the blocks that remain in their tower. They can then fill in these numbers on their recording page.

You may need to help with this if it's unclear which blocks were knocked down. Make sure to put away any unused blocks before they demolish their tower, otherwise it can be hard to tell which were knocked down and which were simply laying on the floor.

Once you have confirmed the totals in each column, help your child use those values to write a subtraction equation.

Depending on the age and ability of your child, you may have to model and talk through this with them the first couple of times before encouraging them to write an equation on their own.

Variations of the Game:

You could limit the number of blocks they start with if you want to focus on subtraction with smaller numbers.

For instance, if you want to focus on subtraction within 20, give them exactly 20 blocks. Then let them build various towers using all the blocks each time. This way the starting number will always be 20.

Or for older kids, this easy subtraction game is a great way to begin practicing subtraction with double digit numbers.

If you have more than one child, have them each build a tower (or take turns) and challenge each other to see who can knock down the most. Just make sure they each start with the same number of blocks.

However you decide to play, be sure to have fun! You may even want to give your kids some time simply building towers and demolishing them (without practicing subtraction).

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Looking for more fun subtraction ideas? Try one of these!
Have fun playing with blocks and numbers!
And you may also like this set of mazes-a fun and unique way to practice addition and subtraction within 10! It also includes extension ideas, so kids don't just focus on memorizing facts, but look for patterns and think deeply about math.

Learn more and get this complete resource here.

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Subtraction can be a tricky concept for young learners. In the past, I have spent a significant amount of time practicing and understanding number bonds to ease the transition to subtraction. There are a lot of ways to model subtraction for kids, including reading books together.

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Using your Everything Math Deck, work on your subtraction facts with this fun game. Variations involving other operations are included!