SamizdatMath

This is a set of 60 puzzles (20 at each level) of "Square Knot" Puzzles focused on practicing problems solving for early learners (K - 2nd grade) using addition. Why you should try these: One of the things that we should be emphasizing from the very earliest of ages is mathematics as problem solving. This is more than writing a bunch of word problems: problem solving is about using various techniques for finding the correct answer. In this set of puzzles, students have to arrange four numbers so

Take a number tile from a bag: is it a moose or a squirrel? This activity is a fun and lively way for your kids to practice comparing numbers and classifying them as larger (moose) or smaller (squirrel.) The fun never stops: you can start with just placing the tile on the activity sheet in the correct column, or your students can use the moose/squirrel stamps provided to cut and paste the animal into the correct column. A third variation asks students to state how far the numbers is from the co

Ah yes, nice to see you back again. This is a number comparison activity I developed for my first grade teacher, but I've also used it with my kindergarteners and pre-k. It's cute, but not cutesy. Students take a number tile and place it on the game sheet at the top. They then take additional number tiles and decide whether it is an "elephant" (bigger than the number at the top) or "mouse" (smaller than the number at the top) and paste the correct stamp in the second column. A second version i

I developed this activity for a kindergarten teacher who wanted to introduce her students to the "syntax" and "grammar" of writing equations without the need for drill. She also wanted me to make it somewhat fun, AND include practice for fine motor skills, as well as practice writing numerals. Can you believe it, I packed this all into one activity? Yes, I did, and here it is. Full disclosure: this is NOT a "drill your little kindergartners on addition and subtraction facts." Kindergartners are

From the laboratories of Better Living Through Mathematics comes another high quality money game for your students. Kids play in pairs selecting combinations of coins, counting up the total and finding it on a tic-tac-toe board. Practices combinations of 2 coins (penny - nickel, penny-dime, penny, quarter, nickel - dime, nickel - quarter, dime quarter and penny quarter) as well as combinations of 3 coings (penny - nickel - dime, nickel - dime - quarter, penny - nickel - quarter, etc.) Includes 1

10 Christmas Pattern Puzzles, from the very easy to the very hard. Students cut out "stamps" at the bottom of the page and place them in the missing space. Watch out: there are more stamps than there are places to put them. And, at a fellow TpT member's suggestion, includes answer key!