Basketball Centers

There seems to be a running theme on here lately...basketball! 
It is that time of year where the teams have been knocked out and there are only a couple games before the big championship game! 

Whether you are a basketball fan or not, these centers will be a great addition to your math centers.
The first one is a number matching center. 

Your kiddos match the number word with the number.  I added pom poms to practice one to one correspondence too!

The next one I used number cards.  Your kiddos pick two cards and add them together.  They can use the "basketballs" to help them solve.  Add a dry erase board or recording sheet to record their equations and answers.

I also included number cards with matching number of basketballs.  This is a great way for your kiddos to practice adding on.  Your kiddos pick a basketball number card and a plain number card then add them together.

Finally, I have a fun add the room.  You can put this in a center or hang them around the room.  Your kiddos solve the addition problems.
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Apple Week Activities

I wanted to share some fun apple themed activities with you! 

The beginning of the year in kindergarten is BUSY!  Busy learning how school works and throwing in some academics when you can!
Sometimes learning includes strengthening motor skills.  I have a fun activity that works on just that.
Ripping paper is great practice and can strengthen their little hands.

Another thing we are working on is their name!  I created these letter apples and name plates to help with checking that their name was spelled correctly.

A couple fun math activities were sorting and making patterns with the apples.

I also had fun hiding apples around the room.  We would find them and count how many we found. 

Another idea is to hide the letters in their name and have them find the letters in their name. 

To make apple letters a little more challenging, than just spelling their names is to use it with sight words or CVC words.

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Oriental Trading Learn365

Did you hear?!  Oriental Trading has a site dedicated to all things teaching!  This is a one stop shop for everything you would need in the classroom.  They have lots curriculum activities, school supplies, and teacher resources!
I am always looking for more math activities for the whole year!  Luckily, under the "Curriculum Activities" tab you can find all the math activities Oriental Trading has to offer!
Check out some of the things I got!

I found this Early Math Activity Center Set!  It comes with 10 activity cards and these cute shark pieces.  They include sorting, counting, adding, and patterning activities.  I thought these would be perfect year round in a math center.

Another math activity I got were Dry Erase Number Lines!  We started Number Talks at our school this past year and we talk a lot about number lines and figuring out math problems using number lines.  These are great for whole group or small group!  There are 36 in a pack so everyone can use them at once.

I also got these CUTE Paw Print Counters!  These are perfect for sorting, patterning, or counting to solve math problems.  They come in 6 different colors too!

These Math Connecting Blocks are the best!  They can be used in so many different ways.  You can make math equations or use them to put numbers in order.  Connect some together and make a number cube!

One more math center before I move on to another subject!  The Monkey Math Linking Game!  These cute monkeys each have a number, tally mark, dice, or number word on their bellies.  Your kiddos link all the same number ways together using the links.  This is great for showing numbers in many different ways.

Learn365 doesn't just have math activities, but literacy activities too!  I got this great Rhyming Match Game. Rhyming is a huge topic in our class, so this will be a great addition in the beginning of the year to practice those skills.  I like to throw in a reading game in my "Read to Someone" center for my kiddos to do before or after they read and this game will be perfect!

I should also mention they have great social study activities too!  We do a big unit on resources/wants and needs also.  I found this great Wants vs. Needs Sorting Game.  This game has your kiddos sorting pictures of things they need and want into small bags.4

* Note: I was given these items from Oriental Trading in exchange for a review.  All opinions are my own.

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Stop, Swap, and Roll

I am linking up with Jungle Learners for another Stop, Swap, and Roll!
I have been paired up with the fabulous Emily from Emmy Mac's Class!


I swapped my Dotter Fun pack for her Feed the Dog activity packs!

We are in our addition and subtraction unit in math, so these packs were PERFECT!

The packs go up to 20, but I used 1-12.  Each number has a cute dog and dog dish with the number on the dish.  There are dog bones with addition or subtraction problems on each one.  Your kiddos pick a dog bone, solve the problem, and put it on the answer.

I loved how we could lay all the numbers out and MOVE around to match the answers.

I put all the dog bones in a bucket and had my kiddos pick a bone from the bucket and match it.  We didn't end up using them, but there were also the cutest number lines and counters available too!

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K5 Learning and Pumpkin Patch Centers!

I got emailed to try out a new online reading and math program called K5 Learning and I thought why not!?  The best part?  You can try it too!  If you are a blogger, you can review it and try it for free for 6 weeks too!  If you go to their website they have sample lessons to show you what your kiddo will be working on.  Check back for my review on this fabulous online program!
Before you go, check out my new Pumpkin Patch Math Centers!  Six centers are included and cover concepts like addition, number words, skip counting, and counting ten frames.

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Review Math Centers

Better late than never!  Here are my math centers for the week.  They are all review.  Most we have done before, but my kiddos love them so why not do them again!

I have another one but of course never took a picture of it!  I will explain instead.  I took a pipe cleaner and put a number sticker on the top.  My kiddos strung beads on the pipe cleaner to match the number on the top.  Here is a picture that I found online of what they look like!

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Down on the Farm Math Centers with a Roll and Color FREEBIE!

Today was tiring.  So glad tomorrow is a half day!  Check out our math centers today!  All of these centers can be found in my Barnyard fun-Down on the Farm pack!

Number and number word match with numbers 1-20.

 Roll and color!  You know we LOVE them!  Grab yours here!

Number order!

Number puzzles!  I had 5 puzzles with various numbers like skip counting 5's and 10's plus counting from 11-20

More number puzzles!  Number 1-10 with matching addition, subtraction, and object cards!

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Monday Math Centers

I keep seeing that today was everyone's last Monday of the year or they only have 4 days left.  Well, I have 3 more Mondays!  Check out our math centers this week!  We are still doing bugs and I found a TON of FREE centers from Shannon at Kindergarten Hoppenings!  Seriously, just search any theme and she will have freebies for you!

I created this sheet to use with my number stamps to make addition problems!

Spin and subtract!

Creating patterns using bug cards!

Roll and color-with our Scentos markers!

Spin and graph the insects!  We have two spinning math centers this week! So fun!

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