FREE Math Poster for Kids: Counting by Tens

Teach your students to count by tens with this poster.
You can create your own larger version by making a chart with numbers 1 to 100 with the tens numbers in large font.

Learn Math with a Kid's Cash Register

Why not teach your kids math the way millions of people learn it everyday?

Walmart.com now offers the Learning Resources Teaching Cash Register for $49.97. This is a great learning resource because it gives kids a hands-on understanding of addition and subtraction. As a child growing up with one of these, I'd say it was one of the most essential tools in teaching me math. Students will have fun pretending to be a clerk while pricing and ringing up items.

Math Videos for Kids: Ten Little Owls - Counting for Kids

Counting with owls. Easy visualization tool for kids.

Math Video for Kids: Counting Numbers 1 - 10

Simple counting video for kids. Try counting sheep with this colorful video that helps students visualize quantities.

Math Video for Kids: number line addition by Peter Weatherall

Learn how to count and add using a number line. Very simple and visual way to learn addition. Musical Math DVD available from www.kidsinglish.com.

Math Video for Kids: Number line subtraction by Peter Weatherall

Teaches students how to count and subtract using a number line. This method is very simple and useful for children just learning to count or just learning subtraction. It provides a very visual way of learning how to do so, which is fun for children.The Musical Math DVD available from www.kidsinglish.com.

Math Project: Mix & Match Even & Odd Numbers

Objective: To learn addition and subtraction by recollection and memorization. Learn odd and even numbers.

Materials: cardstock, large poster board, glue, scissors, blue red & green markers, ruler, pencil, plastic sheet

Procedure:
1. Cut out cardstock into 24 small squares.Use a ruler and pencil to make perfect, uniform squares.
2. Cut the plastic sheet into 24 small squares slightly larger than the cardstock squares and glue around the edges leaving the top unglued. Attach them to the poster chart placing them in rows of three.
3. Color odd numbers red and even numbers blue.


4. Make 3 addition and 3 subtraction signs coloring them red and blue. Make 6 equal signs.
5. Create addition and subtraction problems and color coordinate.
6. Now it's your child's turn. Have them place the the correct answers in the pocket.

7. Repeat the project by rearranging the numbers.

Counting Song Video for Kids

This is a great video for young children just learning to count. The counting song incorporates repetition into the learning process.

Homeschool Math Project: How much is in the Jar?

Objective: Estimate quantities by using comparisons.

Materials: 100 medium sized buttons, three small glass jars or clear plastic containers, one permanent marker, ruler, notebook

Procedures:

1. Take one glass jar and place 10 buttons inside.

2. Place a mark using the permanent marker at the top of the buttons.

3. Measure the length of the space from the bottom of the glass jar to the top of the buttons.

4. Write the number 10 next to the mark on the glass jar.

5. Next add four more increments of 10 to the glass jar based on the measurement you previously took.

6. Have your child add more buttons to fill the next line and the remaining lines until the jar is filled.

7. Get your second jar and fill it with the remaining buttons.

8. Place the jars next to each other and have your child guess how many buttons are in the jar.

Assessment Questions:

1. How many buttons were in the jar with the marks?

2. How long did the ten buttons measure from the bottom to the top?

3. Which jar has more buttons?

Have your child replicate the project on their own using the third jar.