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This is a measurement center for students to practice nonstandard measurement with mini erasers. This center was made specifically for St. Patrick's Day but can be used at any time! I originally created this center to be used with the rainbow, shamrock, and pot of gold erasers set from Party City the Target Dollar Spot, Amazon and Oriental Trading have similar mini erasers or other manipulatives that can be used... just keep in mind that students may come up with different answers if the eraser

This is a measurement center for students to practice nonstandard measurement with mini erasers. This center was made specifically for Valentine's Day but can be used whenever! I originally created this center to be used with the heart, pizza heart, and cupcake mini erasers from the Target Dollar Spot or Amazon but ANY mini erasers or other manipulatives can be used... just keep in mind that students may come up with different answers if the erasers aren't a consistent size... this is a great o

This is a measurement center for students to practice nonstandard measurement with mini erasers. This center can be used all winter long... bring out the Christmas erasers too, if you like! :) I originally created this center to be used with the Santa, candy cane, fox or snowman erasers from the Target Dollar Spot or Amazon but ANY mini erasers can be used... just keep in mind that students may come up with different answers if the erasers aren't a consistent size... this is a great opportunity

This is a measurement center for students to practice nonstandard measurement with mini erasers. I originally created this center to be used with the Santa, candy cane, fox or snowman erasers from the Target Dollar Spot or Amazon but ANY mini erasers can be used... just keep in mind that students may come up with different answers if the erasers aren't a consistent size... this is a great opportunity to teach kids about rounding answers up/down! Don't have mini erasers? I have included 6 "paper

This is a measurement center for students to practice nonstandard measurement with mini erasers. I originally created this center to be used with the pumpkin, bat or spider erasers from the Target Dollar Spot or Amazon but ANY mini erasers can be used... just keep in mind that students may come up with different answers if the erasers aren't a consistent size... this is a great opportunity to teach kids about rounding answers up/down! Don't have mini erasers? I have included 6 "paper rulers", w

This is a measurement center for students to practice nonstandard measurement with mini erasers. I originally created this center to be used with the pumpkin or apple erasers from the Target Dollar Spot or Amazon but ANY mini erasers can be used... just keep in mind that students may come up with different answers if the erasers aren't a consistent size. Don't have mini erasers? I have included 6 "paper rulers", with and without numbers, for measuring. I have also included an optional recording

This is a measurement center for students to practice nonstandard measurement with mini erasers. I originally created this center to be used with the apple erasers from the Target Dollar Spot or Amazon but ANY mini erasers can be used... just keep in mind that students may come up with different answers if the erasers aren't a consistent size. Don't have mini erasers? I have included 3 "paper rulers", with and without numbers, for measuring. I have also included an optional recording sheet, or

NEW - Summer edition! These hundreds chart puzzles have everything from trolls, watermelon, surfing, sandcastles... plenty to keep your students engaged during the end of year season! There are 18 puzzles in this set, enough to get you through the warm summer months. My students LOVE these puzzles, they literally clap when they see them at a center, so I enjoy having plenty of options to keep them interested and challenged. At the end of last year I realized that I should have spent a little m

This is a measurement center for students to practice nonstandard measurement with mini erasers. I originally created this center to be used with the egg or rabbit erasers from the Target Dollar Spot but ANY mini erasers can be used... just keep in mind that students may come up with different answers if the erasers aren't a consistent size. Don't have mini erasers? I have included 3 "paper rulers", with and without numbers, for measuring. I have also included an optional recording sheet, or yo

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

I am addicted to the mini erasers that all kindergarten (or is it elementary?) teachers are obsessed with... I need them all! And I love finding new reasons to use them. And thus, this measurement center was born! I originally created this center to be used with the pineapple or popsicle (or rainbow) mini erasers from Target but ANY mini erasers can be used... just keep in mind that students may come up with different answers if the erasers aren't a consistent size. Don't have mini erasers? I h

NEW - Spring edition! These hundreds chart puzzles have everything from trolls, easter, flowers and birds... plenty to keep your students engaged during the spring season! There are 20 puzzles in this set, enough to get you from March to May. My students LOVE these puzzles, they literally clap when they see them at a center, so I enjoy having plenty of options to keep them interested and challenged. At the end of last year I realized that I should have spent a little more time showing my stude

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

NEW - Winter edition! These hundreds chart puzzles have everything from Christmas, polar bears, penguins, snowmen, trolls and Valentine's Day to keep your little ones engaged during the winter season! This is my biggest hundreds chart puzzles pack yet - 26 puzzles! That's twice as many as my other packs, so this can get you through December to February with plenty to choose from. At the end of last year I realized that I should have spent a little more time showing my students how to identify

NEW - Fall edition! These hundreds chart puzzles have everything from birds, pumpkins, bats and monsters to keep your little ones engaged during this season! At the end of last year I realized that I should have spent a little more time showing my students how to identify the patterns of hundreds charts. I felt like a puzzle would be perfect for them – they could start seeing the patterns but they would be playing and possibly working with a friend to solve the puzzle. These are meant to be p

At the end of last year I realized that I should have spent a little more time showing my students how to identify the patterns of hundreds charts. I felt like a puzzle would be perfect for them – they could start seeing the patterns but they would be playing and possibly working with a friend to solve the puzzle. These are meant to be printed on cardstock and then laminated. There are 13 different puzzles, with fun back to school pictures, basic shapes and some fall pictures too. I have two v

I love using Interactive Math Notebooks but kept finding myself frustrated with how much cutting and gluing was involved, especially at the beginning of the year! At the beginning of the year, I want my students to practice getting into the routine of math notebooks; the more complicated stuff can come later. I designed these pages to be essentially no prep. They are formatted to fit into standard composition notebooks so some quick trimming around the edges will make it so they can easily be

New: Ink Saver Version! Want my original Math Toolkit but need to save on ink? This version takes away the chalkboard background to make it easier to print! This tool kit is perfect for storing math supplies to be used during whole group math... Last year I noticed that I was passing out a lot of the same materials (ten frames and snap cubes) on a daily basis and it took far too long! Letting the kids get their own supplies took even longer. Now I plan on putting together little math boxes for

Want this but need to save on ink? Check out my Ink Saver Version! UPDATED! Just added many more pieces for your toolkit! This tool kit is perfect for storing math supplies to be used during whole group math... Last year I noticed that I was passing out a lot of the same materials (ten frames and snap cubes) on a daily basis and it took far too long! Letting the kids get their own supplies took even longer. Now I plan on putting together little math boxes for students to share (two students t