Artful Math
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Santa Clara, California, United States
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I create resources to make math exciting and fun for every child. I do this with hands-on & visual math activities, projects, and games that "don't FEEL like math". My 25+ years of teaching have convinced me that play is by far the best teacher, and joy is the strongest motivator--so these are at the forefront of everything I make.
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Math Project-Based Learning | 3-4th | Real-World Math Problems | Kitten Math 1
Kitten Math is an engaging, real-world math project that uses math project-based learning to immerse students in meaningful, story-driven challenges. Through authentic real-world math problems, students care for four orphaned kittens—planning, budgeting, measuring, and problem-solving their way through each task as math naturally becomes part of every decision they make. This multi-week math project weaves mini-lessons and targeted practice into purposeful activities, making math feel relevan
3rd - 4th
Applied Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations
CCSS, TEKS
2.MD.A.3
, 2.MD.D.9
, 3.MD.C.5
+27
Nature Math Fibonacci Patterns, Activities & Scavenger Hunt | NO PREP
Open up an amazing world of math in nature with patterns in pinecones, Fibonacci numbers in flowers, fractals in trees, and an outdoor scavenger hunt that will make math come to life! Easy, step-by-step lessons make the magic of Fibonacci numbers and fractals accessible to even the youngest learners--and to teachers or homeschoolers who may be new to these ideas. This no-prep resource includes 83 pages of engaging activities, illustrated worksheets, and hands-on investigations that kid
3rd - 4th
Geometry, Math
CCSS, TEKS
3.MD.C.5a
, 3.MD.C.6
, 3.NBT.A.2
+3
Math Games 3rd, 4th, 5th Grade | Differentiated Math Centers FUN Practice Review
Make math time almost as fun as recess with engaging math games that get kids excited to learn and practice new skills. With Miss Brain’s Cool Math Games, you’ll bring laughter and joy back into your homeschool or classroom, with your kids actually begging you to "please, play just one more game"! Things teachers love about Miss Brain's Cool Math Games:1. They feel like real gamesKids can tell the difference between a truly fun game, and one that’s just math drill in disguise. These are games th
3rd - 5th
Basic Operations, Decimals, Fractions
CCSS
2.NBT.A.1
, 2.NBT.B.5
, 3.NBT.A.1
+15
Math Project Based Learning | 3-5th | Real World Math Problems | Kitten Math 2
Kitten Math 2 is an engaging, real-world math project that invites 3rd-5th graders to use math to think, plan, and problem-solve through a series of connected challenges. This immersive math project-based learning experience centers on real-world math problems woven into story-based tasks that kids genuinely want to do. Each child’s choices shape how the project unfolds, making it feel personal while helping them see how math connects to real life. Why Teachers Love Kitten Math Project-based, r
3rd - 5th
Applied Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations
CCSS, TEKS
3.MD.A.1
, 4.MD.A.1
, 4.MD.B.4
+66
Valentine Math Worksheets | Puzzles & Problem Solving | Grades 2–3
Looking for Valentine math worksheets that go beyond quick answers and surface-level practice? This engaging set of holiday-themed math puzzles and problem solving gets kids excited about thinking and reasoning with math. Students step into the role of math detectives as they follow number paths, compare deals for a Valentine’s party, solve visual and logic-based puzzles, and connect multiplication and patterns to playful, Valentine themed problems. These engaging Valentine math activities a
2nd - 3rd
Applied Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations
CCSS, TEKS
2.NBT.A.2
, 2.OA.A.1
, 2.OA.B.2
+11
Valentine Math Worksheets | Fractions & Logic Puzzles | Grades 4-5
Looking for Valentine math worksheets that go beyond quick answers and surface-level practice? This set uses real-world reasoning, fraction and decimal thinking, and logic-based puzzles to help upper elementary students slow down, think strategically, and make sense of math in meaningful ways. Students step into the role of math detectives as they solve heart-themed puzzles, crack logic challenges, and play a fun dice game that blends number sense, operations, and decision-making. These Valen
4th - 5th
Applied Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations
CCSS, TEKS
4.NBT.B.4
, 5.NBT.A.1
, 4.OA.A.3
+14
Valentine Math Activities & Puzzles | K-1
Looking for Valentine math worksheets that go beyond quick answers and surface-level practice? This engaging set uses fun, holiday-themed math puzzles and problem solving to get learners thinking and reasoning about math. Students become math detectives as they solve heart-themed puzzles, play a fun dice game, and solve thinking puzzles to practice skills and build confidence with numbers. These engaging Valentine math activities are perfect for centers, early finishers, and group or indepe
K - 1st
Applied Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations
CCSS, TEKS
K.CC.C.6
, K.MD.B.3
, 1.NBT.A.1
+18
Christmas Math Escape Room 3rd-4th Grade | Breakout Winter Mystery Game
3rd-4th graders will be eager to solve the mystery of the missing reindeer in this engaging winter breakout escape room activity packed with fun math challenges. Can your kids find the missing reindeer in time to save Christmas?Each puzzle provides a unique challenge with math practice and review, logic, and critical thinking. Your kids will improve skills in: multiplication arraysgraph coordinatesword problemsrounding and place valueelapsed timeeven & odd, and number senseaddition, subtract
2nd - 4th
Arithmetic, Basic Operations
CCSS, TEKS
2.MD.C.8
, 3.MD.A.1
, 3.OA.A.1
+9
PBL Fun Math Project | NO PREP 3rd Grade Review | Chocolate Shop
Looking for a creative math project with plenty of rigor? Chocolate Shop is an exciting, real-world PBL math project perfect for Valentine's Day or any time kids need a little math motivation. In this highly-engaging, NO PREP activity, your 3rd-5th graders will use math to plan, design, and sell their own unique chocolates and chocolate boxes. Some of the math skills kids will practice and review include: graphing results of interviewsadding and subtracting decimals (money)pricing boxes and u
3rd
Applied Math, Basic Operations, Decimals
CCSS, TEKS
3.MD.B.3
, 3.NBT.A.2
, 3.OA.A.1
+4
Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) Math Art Drawing | Sugar Skull Symmetry
Explore Day of the Dead / Dia de los Muertos with fun symmetry math art drawing of quirky sugar skulls. This NO PREP task is simple to explain and fun to do. The challenge: pick your favorite sugar skull (Isadora, Grimaldo, Dolores, or Oscar), and draw the other half. These Day of the Dead drawing activities will help 3rd-5th graders build spatial intelligence and an understanding of mirror symmetry. Finish by coloring in your sugar skull with brightly colored markers, for an adorable Day o
2nd - 5th
Geometry
CCSS, TEKS
4.G.A.3
, MA.4.6.B
Thanksgiving Math Escape Room 3rd Grade | Fall Math Review Breakout Game
Gobbles is missing! Save the pet turkey (and review important 3rd grade math skills) with this exciting Thanksgiving escape room mystery and breakout game for fall. As kids move around the room solving puzzles and figuring out clues, they'll practice perseverance, think outside the box, and stick with hard challenges. The playful context makes kids feel safe to keep trying and work together toward math solutions (valuable growth mindset skills). Kids will practice and review: mentally add sev
2nd - 4th
Basic Operations, Place Value
CCSS, TEKS
3.MD.A.1
, 2.NBT.A.1
, 2.NBT.B.5
+6
Halloween 3rd Grade Math Activities, Hands-On Worksheets, Pumpkin Investigations
These 15 Halloween math review worksheets, hands-on math activities, and pumpkin investigations are so much fun, your third graders won't even realize they're doing math! Brush up on math skills with vampires, ghosts, pumpkins, and cute critters that go bump in the night. These 1st - 2nd grade Halloween Math activities include: ordering, odd/even, and rounding: exploring cut-out pumpkin numbersplace value to 100,000s: make a haunted drawing2-digit addition and subtraction: tactile number activ
3rd
Basic Operations, Place Value
CCSS, TEKS
2.MD.A.1
, 2.NBT.B.5
, 3.NBT.A.1
+13
Halloween 1st-2nd Grade Math Activities, Worksheets, Pumpkin Investigations
These 15 Halloween math review worksheets, hands-on math activities, and pumpkin investigations are so much fun, your kids won't even realize they're doing math! Brush up on math skills with vampires, ghosts, pumpkins, and cute critters that go bump in the night. These 1st - 2nd grade Halloween Math activities include: ordering, odd/even: number cut-outs activity and investigationsplace value to 1,000: haunted drawingaddition facts: roll-a-monster gamenumbers to 100: missing nu: m a real pump
1st - 2nd
Basic Operations, Place Value
CCSS, TEKS
2.MD.A.1
, 1.NBT.A.1
, 2.NBT.B.5
+11
Halloween Math Escape Room 2nd & 3rd Grade | Place Value, Addition, Subtraction
Bring math to life with a fun Halloween math escape room that will get 2nd and 3rd graders engaging with place value, addition/subtraction, and critical thinking. As they solve puzzles and figure out clues to escape from a haunted mansion, your kids will be thinking hard about math in unexpected ways. Your Kids Will Learn: working with hundreds, tens, and oneadding hundreds, tens, and onessorting and ordering numbers to 200odd and even numbersmissing (odd) numbers in a patternlogical reasoning
2nd - 3rd
Basic Operations
CCSS, TEKS
2.NBT.A.1
, 2.NBT.B.5
, 3.OA.D.9
+4
Math Games 1st, 2nd, 3rd Grade | Differentiated Math Centers FUN Practice Review
Make math time almost as fun as recess with engaging math games that get kids excited to learn and practice new skills! It can be a huge challenge to find a math activity that works for all your kids, with abilities all over the map. A typical page of math problems can trigger stress and anxiety, with some kids confused and others worried that they’re not finishing fast enough. You end up with some kids bored and finishing early, others thinking they’re bad at math, and some so anxious they ca
1st - 3rd
Basic Operations, Mental Math, Place Value
CCSS
K.CC.A.1
, K.CC.A.2
, 1.NBT.B.2
+12
Telling Time Activity Worksheets 3rd Grade: Hour, Half Hour, 5 Minutes, & Minute
A complete packet of fun & engaging, NO PREP 3rd grade differentiated worksheets and games for telling time to the hour, half hour, 5 minutes, and to the minute. This fun, comprehensive activity packet will meet the needs of all your learners as they progress to telling time to the minute. lessons and practice for telling time to the hour, half hour, 5 minutes, and minuteunderstand a.m. and p.m.estimate time using the hour handdigital and analog clocksavoid common mistakes kids make when t
2nd - 3rd
Applied Math, Math, Measurement
CCSS, TEKS, VA SOL
2.MD.C.7
, 3.MD.A.1
, MA.3.7.C
+3
Ways to Make 10 | KG-1st Grade FUN Fluency Math Games & Activities | LOW PREP
Explore ways to make ten with fun, ready-to-go card games, art, card sorting, and a fun magic trick. Engaging, hands-on, low prep activities and games give kids plenty of fun practice internalizing this essential skill. Activities include: --hands-on 10 frame activity (with kitten counters) --rainbow art project --sorting game --3 fun card games --finding tens review puzzle --make ten magic trick The only materials needed are markers, dice, scissors, and a deck of cards. Great for centers,
K - 1st
Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Math
CCSS
K.OA.A.4
, 1.OA.C.6
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About the store
Experience
I create resources to make math exciting and fun for every child. I do this with hands-on & visual math activities, projects, and games that "don't FEEL like math". My 25+ years of teaching have convinced me that play is by far the best teacher, and joy is the strongest motivator--so these are at the forefront of everything I make.
Teaching style
Best words to describe my way of teaching math: playful, visual, creative, meaningful, thought-provoking.
Play is not just a motivator, but a powerful teaching tool in its own right. I include games and some sort of play in everything I do. Play is perfect for practice & repetition, getting kids' full attention, using many parts of the brain, and reducing anxiety (so learning can happen).
I believe struggling math learners need a completely different type of math experience (not more of the same). When math includes some visual or real-world element, it makes sense. Creativity, games, and intriguing questions get kids interested and engaged.
The fastest way to help a child believe they are good at math is, surprisingly, NOT good grades--but how much they enjoy math. From that place of confidence, the sky's the limit. That's why it's such a top priority of mine to make math really, really fun.
Awards & shining teacher moments
-- Tiny Fellowship for Innovative Educators from 4.0 Schools
-- Rising Star Award from Thriving Women in Business
My own education history
I was terrible at math when I was a kid!
Being bad at math was very much a part of my identity, well into my young adult years. Every decision, from small & irrelevant to major life choices, was made by asking the question: "Will I be able to do the math?"
When I discovered visual math, and math patterns in nature, it's no exaggeration to say it changed my life. I'd spent my whole life KNOWING I was bad at math--and suddenly, I was not.
Artful Math is my way of creating the math learning I needed as a child. Everything I make is targeted to the child who doesn't get it, who is frustrated and anxious and struggling. Artful Math activities delight these kids, and allow their own gifts to shine.
Additional biographical information
I live in Santa Clara, CA with my three awesome cats. Some of my biggest joys outside of designing fun math are building cat play structures, hiking, climbing, and solving puzzles.
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