Partner math games are a BIG part of our math routine in kindergarten so I am always looking for easy, low-prep addition math game we can play. These beginning addition math games are perfect for kindergarten!
Really, it's the same addition math game, but you can play it two different ways - perfect for differentiating your math block!
Addition Game Supplies:
For this partner math game, each pair of students will need:
A number line to 12 - I just wrote the numbers on a sentence ...
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Gingerbread Directed Drawing Art Activity
I love doing directed drawings in kindergarten because they are an easy way to raise student engagement and practice listening and following directions. This gingerbread directed drawing activity is perfect for any elementary gingerbread week!
Virtual distance learning? Directed drawings are perfect for that because there is no prep on your end!
For distance learning, I recorded myself walking students through the directions of the directed drawing. I made this an optional assignment, but ...
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Halloween Social Studies Activity for Kindergarten | Make a Trick or Treat Map
Are you looking for a fun activity to make maps more meaningful to your kindergarten class? This Halloween social studies activity is perfect!
Your students will LOVE creating their own trick or treat maps! It's a great way to make reading and creating maps meaningful to your kindergarten class.
You will need:
9x12 green construction paperBlack construction paper cut into stripsColorful scraps of construction paperCandy environmental printScissors and glueMap key
Create your Trick ...
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Bat Week Activities and Crafts for Kindergarten and 1st Grade
We're going BATTY in kindergarten! This is one of my favorite nonfiction units for kindergarten and first grade because it's full of fun bat week activities and crafts!
Doing a bat nonfiction unit is perfect for October because it gives you some creepy fun whether you can celebrate Halloween or not.
Plus, what kid wouldn't love to learn all about bats? Having a bat week is an easy way to engage your students in October.
Bat Research for Kindergarten
We start by reading all about bats ...
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Free Creepy Carrots Book Activities for K-2
If you haven't ready the book Creepy Carrots with your class yet, you need to! It's hilarious and so much fun to read! These free Creepy Carrots book activities are perfect for comprehension and are an easy follow up activity.
Creepy Carrots Craft
I love making this creepy carrots craft because they all turn out so unique.
I gave students the pieces of paper and then just told them the shapes to cut. They didn't have a template so they all turned out different.
If you wanted a ...
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Creepy Comparing | Kindergarten Math Game for October
We LOVE to play whole group math games as a part of our math routine in kindergarten. The only thing that can make it better? A Halloween math game!
This Halloween math game is great for practicing comparing quantities and numbers and building number sense. It would be perfect for Preschool, Pre-K, or Kindergarten!
Creepy Comparing Numbers Math Game | How to Play:
This is one of the easiest math games! I drew faces on plastic cups as our “ghosts.” You will also need a dice.
Two ...
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