teaching pineapples

My students are currently working on subtraction and I am always looking for fun ways for them to practice the skill. I got some shape punches from the Target dollar section recently and realized they could punch out the shape, glue them to match the number, then subtract by crossing out the matching number and write the answer. This will help them gain beneficial fine motor practice, coordination, plus good ol' count and match the number time. If you don’t have shape punches, you can always us

My students are currently working on addition and I am always looking for fun ways for them to practice the skill. I got some shape punches from the Target dollar section recently and realized they could punch out the shape, glue them to match the number, then add and write the answer. This will help them gain beneficial fine motor practice, coordination, plus good ol count and match the number time. If you don’t have shape punches, you can always use stamps or even just have them draw pictures

Spring is in the air and it is the perfect time to practice 2 skills – counting and identifying the matching number OR for those high fliers, counting and then counting on. There are 2 sets of cards and instructions, plus everything comes in color or ink saving black & white. Use number tiles, dry erase markers… I personally cut foam paper into squares, wrote numbers on them and voila! Instant hands on center, no boring worksheets. Write the answers on the back to make the center independent a