Marilyn Nash

Using dice and simple decks of playing cards or cards made by students, this game is sure to help them build a deeper understanding of place value, odd and even numbers and basic operations! Teachers can adapt this game to varying learning needs, time allotments, skill levels and small group size to reinforce the students' understanding

This is a self created children's literature book resource filled with a wide variety of facts about the life span of a horse from the beginning of its birth through adulthood. The reader of this story can create a timeline of events in the life span of a horse while listening to the information and enjoying the colorful photographs of horses throughout the text. In the original copy of this self created book, there pages that also contained small magnets of the horse photos that could be place

This is a great math game that easily adapts to developmental levels, skill needs, small groups,time allotments and space! Students can use one or more dice to practice their basic operations along with building their understanding of greater than, less than and/or equal to symbols. This game is highly motivating and engaging for students of all ages...and fun!

The purpose of this �Build a clock� game is to strengthen the mathematical understanding of Early Childhood learners and the necessary components of time and clocks. In this activity, players take turns rolling dice and moving the number of spaces rolled on the game board. As players move around the board, they collect clock pieces in order to be the first person to finish creating their clock. Players can move in any direction in order to complete their clock. If a player lands

This is a fun engaging math activity where students can play a motivating game and practice their liquid measurement skills at the same time! The only materials needed for this activity is a deck of regular playing cards where the Ace through 10 cards have been sorted out from the face cards. Each of the cards has a designated measurement value which encourages the students to make quantity exchanges in an exciting problem solving activity. The students and I have had hours of fun solving the

These number sets will help students build their number sense, computation and problem solving skills when they examine the cards filled with numbers! The students will use higher level thinking skills when they reason and apply their math knowledge to discover why various sets have been placed together on an index cards! The number sets can easily be adapted to meet the needs of all learners!

This is a set of three math games/activities where students go on a "hunt" around their classroom, their school, the school yard and/or even their own homes in search of various types of angles and measurements. Each of these math activities encourages the students to work individually as well as a team in locating items to fill in their data sheets. These math activities build problem solving skills, basic understanding of angles, rulers and every day application of mathematical concepts.

This is wonderful math tool for students to explore and review the characteristics of a wide variety of shapes and their attributes! This is a self-created children's book filled with fun questions and applications of geometric concepts where the students are invited directly into the story line! It is a terrific activity for emphasizing math and student ownership not only in the reading of the book but with the option of writing their own shape story after sharing in the shape book and its re

This is a board game rolling dice and collecting dollar amounts sure to excite students about practicing their money skills! The March Madness game encourages students to apply their math skills in counting money and making currency exchanges all while moving around the board game pathway! The money amounts can be changed and adjusted to include decimals, percents and so many more valuable every day math skills! Marilyn Nash

This self created children's literature book is filled with diversity, problem solving and highere level thinking skills as the characters plan, prepare and create a birthday party for their friends! This is a fun filled book with numerous opportunities for students to enjoy adding and applying every day math skills in an inclusive story problem! Children will enjoy discovering the prices, the expenses and the necessary elements in creating an exciting birthday party! Happy Add-ventures!!

Primary Students will love this math game of flipping cards over to find number combinations for the sum of ten! This hands-on game is fun, easily adaptable to different time frames, inclusive using number words in other languages and strengthens the student's understanding of number sense. The cards can be printed from the handout and/or students can create their own set of playing cards to build their ownership in the learning process!

This is a self created children's book filled with fun fractional problem solving and illiteration of words using the letter "p" to describe the types of wacky pizza combinations such as pickle and peanut toppings. Students can review basic fraction terminology as well as begin to practice their basic addition and subtraction of like denominators. When I have read this story to students, I have witnessed such excitement and fun among the children that they are highly motivated not only to do t

Students are able to use this fun card game to examine the number operation relationship between adding and subtracting as well as between multiply and dividing! The ATTENTION Game is based on "snapping to attention" and learning their math facts in a cooperative game format :) This exciting strategy is sure to keep students engaged in the mathematics!

The horse race game is a fun way for students to practice their mixed and improper fractions while building a picture puzzle where they gain pieces along the Steeplechase tracks! Students problem solve the fraction problem cards and when they have answered correctly, they select a puzzle piece when done, it forms a photo picture :) This cooperative card game is a wonderful way for students to work together!

This packet of math materials includes five different activities where students can build their understanding of area, measurement, parallel and perpendicular lines, engineering, use of appropriate tools, cooperative learning, every day math application and most importantly have ownership in their learning! The activities in this set of math activities includes "Build a block house", "Parallel Line Art", "Twizzler Mapping", "Area Ship Sinkers" and "Tableclothe Quads" :) My experience with these

This dice game is a fun way to work with basic operations, problem solving and cooperative learning skills! Students will be very motivated without any trouble to apply their knowledge in this dice game that can be tailored for various skill levels, scaffolded for different needs and set up for any time allottment available in the busy school day!

This file folder game is a motivating activity for students to review their basic operations, problem solving and number sequence skills! Students select operation number cards first to find the equation solutions followed by sequence placement on the horse shoe rings on the file folder game board. The file folder game can be adjusted and adapted as needed for varying student learning skills by changing the content of the number sentences and equations. Marilyn Nash

This card game is all about using math strategies to make the most points for yourself and your partner! There are four different rounds with lots of variations and scoring throughout this exciting game of making sets and combinations. Students of all ages can enjoy practicing their stragetic skills with this math activity!

This is a terrific board game filled with lots of problem solving, number operations and higher level thinking skills. Students use game cards with number money amounts to problem solve the "sum cents" number equations. The money cards are moved from blank space to blank space until the number equations make "sense/cents". The students will enjoy finding the solutions to the money sentences as they keep track of their totals using coins and money for accuracy and real world application of the

This activity provides students with an opportunity to visualize and model the concept of place value with hands-on manipulatives. The students can use Velcro apples provided to help students create numbers and then practice naming, recognizing and comparing numeric values. Students can use the place value apple tree to build basic operation skills.