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Free Math Games- Ocean Themed Roll & Cover Mats

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Free Math Games- Ocean Themed Roll and Cover Mats

This set of free math games is the second in a series of math printables with an ocean theme. (Previously open ended printable math worksheets were shared. These fun roll and cover mats display cute ocean creatures and number bubbles. They can be used to work on adding 2 0r 3 numerals, identifying a number rolled on a die, or subtracting numbers. Actually, there are probably a number of ways to use these free math games.

Directions for how to play possible math games were not placed on the roll and cover mats. I wanted you to be able to use them as you wish. Children will sometimes decide if the math mat says it is to be used in a particular way. It has to be used that way. I wanted to avoid having them do that.

Free Math Games- Ocean Themed Roll and Cover Mats

Here are the supplies you will need to play these free math games:

Playing with the Ocean Themed Mats

  • You may decide to work one on one with a child using the math mats. They can roll dice and you can help them find the number or sum to cover.
  • You can have a small group of children working on rolling and covering one mat or they could each have a mat of their own to cover.
  • These free math games could be set up in a center. Children could roll a die and cover the rolled number on their own.Free Math Games- Ocean Themed Roll and Cover Mats

If you like these free math games, here are some more ocean-themed activities you will like:

Arts and Crafts for Kids- Pool Noodle Shark

Cupcake Liner Jellyfish 

Paper Plate Starfish Craft

Five Little Starfish Song and Craft Ideas for Kids

Free Math Games- Ocean Themed Roll and Cover Mats

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Open Ended Printable Math Worksheets

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Open Ended Printable Math Worksheets

This is the first in a series of printable math worksheets I will be sharing with you this summer. It is an open ended game board with jellyfish and coral graphics. We have been using it to work on addition facts, but it could be used for a number of math games to review number and facts. You will notice that I didn’t put directions for how to use the game board on the printable.  I wanted it to be open ended. You can then use it to work on the skills your kids need to work on.

Below you will find a list of several of the ways that I think this first in the series of printable math worksheets can be used.   After looking the list over I bet you will be able to come up with more fun ways to use it.  You may even decide you want to use it to review reading skills or sight words.

 

Ways to Use Open Ended Printable Math Worksheets

Most of these game ideas using the jellyfish game board are focused on skills children in the primary grades are working on. You could totally use the game board with older children too.

 

Say the Number and Move It

Your children can use a die with a number on it or dots. Children will roll a single die and then say the number that is displays or represents.  If they say the correct number, they can move that number of spaces.

 

Add the Number

Your children will roll two or three dice with dots on them. They will then add up the number in their heads or touch and count each of the dots of the dice. They can then move that number of spaces on the game board.

 

Adding and Beyond

Children will roll two dice. They will add the numbers on the two dice to find the sum. Then they will tell the next four numbers after that number.

Example:

Child rolls a 3 and 4.

They say it equals 7.

Then they count on 8,9, 10,11.

Finally they move the sum of the two dice on the game board.

Open Ended Printable Math Worksheets

Say a Number Then Roll and Subtract

One player calls out a number from 0-20 and then rolls a single die. They will need to state the subtraction fact that they have created.

Example:

Child says the number 11.

They roll a six.

Child answers with the number 5.

They can then move that number of spaces on the game board.

 

Roll and Multiply

Children will roll two die. They will multiply the numbers that appear on the die. Then they will move that number of spaces on the game board.

 

More Printable Math Worksheets

Counting Bee Free Math Printable for Kids

Let’s Create a LEGO Floor Graph

Roll and Cover Ladybug Addition Mats

Cat in the Hat Math Activity Mats

Place Value Pasta Printables

 

Open Ended Printable Math Worksheets

 

Opened ended printable math worksheets can be used for so many different games. I hope your children will enjoy the games I have shared with you above.

 

 

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Cinco de Mayo for Kids – Addition Mats

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Cinco De May For Kids Addition Mats

Whether you plan to use these Cinco De Mayo For Kids – Addition Mats with a unit on Cinco de Mayo or as part of a unit on Mexico I think you children will enjoy them. Each one displays an item that represents an object I think of when I think of Mexico.

Each of these was drawn on the computer by me. They have primitive look to them that I hope your children will enjoy.  When I made them, I made rather small number circles.  I would recommend using very objects to over the numbers.

Here are some small items that you may want to use:

      • tiny pom poms
      • buttons
      • red beans
      • pinto beans
      • magic markers (If you don’t plan to reuse the mats.)

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Some children may have trouble working with small objects. If your children so you can have them move the objects with learning tweezers or children’s chopsticks.

How to use these Cinco de Mayo For Kids- Addition Mats

We traditionally have just followed the directions on the mats. They ask children to roll two dice. Then find the sum of the two numbers. Finally, they are to cover the sum with a small object.

You could use other tools to select your numbers if you prefer or if dice aren’t easy for your children to use. You could use the following:

  • Spinners
  • You pick a number and your child picks a number
  • Stack on number cards from 1-9. Have your children pick two cards to add.

We have shared a number of roll and cover addition mats. Here are a few of our favorites:

Roll and Cover Indian Corn

Ladybug Roll and Cover 2 and 3 Digit Addition Mats

Cat in the Hat Roll and Cover 2 and 3 Digit Addition Mats
You will find a number of other math activities here on JDaniel4’s Mom and on my Early Learning Math board on Pinterest.

Cinco De May For Kids Addition Mats

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Brown Bear, Brown Bear Algorithm Activity and Printable

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Brown Bear, Brown Bear Algorithm Activity Printable

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?  is the perfect book for building a coding algorithm. It asks over and over again what is being seen. On the Brown Bear, Brown Bear Algorithm Activity children will draw arrow from the brown bear to first thing that he sees. After drawing arrow north connecting the brown bear to the red bird, children will need to decide which direction they need to go to get to the yellow duck. Will they need to go just one direction or a combination of directions to get from the bear to character at the end of the story Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?

There really isn’t just one series of steps that needs to be used to get from one animal to another. There are definitely shorter routes and longer routes. When you are building an algorithm, you want create the shortest number of steps between one thing and the next. When I am building paper algorithms with my students, we try to do the same thing.

Brown Bear, Brown Bear Algorithm Activity Printable

While I advocate that they just use one direction per box and try not to place a direction in the animal box on this Brown Bear, Brown Bear printable, it doesn’t always happen. Some try to come with complex algorithms that have lots of directions. I unusually take the time to tell my student that computer coders or programmers try to make their algorithms simple. Too many steps or a complicate series of steps can lead to trouble.

The ultimate goal is to give my students an understanding of coding even when they are in kindergarten or first grade. My older students are learning to code using Code.org. Next year my first graders will be using it too.

 

 

Brown Bear, Brown Bear Algorithm Activity Printable

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Plant Life Cycle Activity and Printable Cards

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Plant Life Cycle Activity and Printable

The pictures used to illustrate the plant life cycle were actually drawn to be used on the Plant Growth Algorithm Worksheet. I thought it would be fun to use them to create a second activity with. This plant life cycle activity is supposed to look like plant stakes displaying the various stages of plant growth.

Here are stages the plant life cycle pictures illustrate:

Plant Life Cycle Activity and Printable

 

  • Seeds in a packet
  • Seed in the ground
  • Seed with a small root
  • Seed with root growing and spreading out
  • Seed with stem forming ( Yes, the stem looks a little like a leaf.)
  • Seed with stem above the ground and a leaf
  • A full grown plant

Putting the plant life cycle activity together:

Plant Life Cycle Activity and Printable

  1. A large mailing envelope was cut in half length wise.
  2. Two horizontal rows of slits were cut into the envelope. The bottom row has four slits and the top row has three.
  3. The plant life cycle pictures were cut out and glued to colored Popsicle sticks. ( You don’t have to use colored Popsicle sticks if you don’t want to.)
  4. The plant pictures on sticks were placed into the slits in order from seed to plant.

 

Other ways to use this plant life cycle activity

  • You can leave out some of the pictures and have your children place the missing pictures into the right spots.
  • You can not place the pictures on stick and glue them in order on to a piece or construction paper.
  • You can place the plant pictures in stack. Take turn picking a picture and sharing what picture would come before and after that stage in the plant life cycle.

Here are some more wonderful plant themed activities:

Recycled Planter on a String

Parts of a Plant We Eat Flannel Activity

STEM Gardening Paper Plate Greenhouse

Plant Life Cycle Activity and Printable

You will find more gardening activities on my Gardening board on Pinterest.

 

 

 

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Kids Math -April Showers Printable Numbers

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April Shower Printable Numbers

This set of printable numbers featuring raindrops and umbrellas is perfect for exploring numbers in the month of April or as part of a weather unit. I have made it really easy for you to just print them and then cut out the pieces. Your kids will really enjoy matching the correct number of numbers to each number.

These April Showers Printable Numbers can be used in center, in small groups or one on one.   They can be used one there own without the umbrellas to show number sequence from 1-10 and so much more.

April Showers Printable Numbers for Counting

More Ways to Use the Printable Numbers

    • Sort into even and odd numbers
    • Place in number order with some numbers missing. Have your children select the missing number and place them in the open spaces
    • Sequence from 10 to 1
    • Create number sentences like 1+2= 3. The plus sign and the equal sign can be cut out of paper
    • Held up to give the answer to an oral or written word problem
    • Laminated and the numbers can be filled with play dough snakes to practice making the number’s shape.

Kindergarten Worksheets- Gold Coin Math Mats

I have created a number of printable numbers sets that you may want to check out. All with sharing a set of numbers each of these have set of activities that can be done with them. Some of the activities are the same and others are different. Please take a moment to check each of them out. You will find more ways to use and explore the April  Showers printable numbers by doing so.

Christmas Peppermint Numbers

New Year’s Counting Numbers

President’s Day Counting Numbers

Gold Coin Number Mats

Turkey Counting Numbers

Here are some wonderful math games I think you will love too:

Counting Bees- LEGO Math Printable

Let’s Create a Floor Graph and Collect Data Spinner Activity

Roll and Cover Ladybug Addition Mats

April Shower Printable Numbers

For even more math activities please check out my Early Learning board on Pinterest.

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Plant Growth Algorithm Coding Worksheet

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A few weeks ago I shared a few algorithm building coding activities. Two of the activities were based on the books. The first one was We’re Going on a Bear Hunt and the second was based on The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Recently I made another coding building or sequencing activity based on the growth of a bean plant. This activity isn’t based on any particular book. I will share with you at the end of this post a collection of really wonderful plant related fiction and non-fiction books.

We start out with bean plants as seeds at our house. The plant growth algorithm worksheet does too. Starting at the packet of seeds children will draw arrows to show the direction we need to go to follow the bean seeds growth.

Plant Growth Algorithm Coding Worksheet- Why not tie coding into your study of plants.

Example: You will need to head up or north to get to the seed out of the seed packet. You would draw up arrows in each box that leads you up to the seed. (If you like you can say north, instead of up.)

Seed-Growth-Algorithm-Activity revised

 

Once you reach the seed, you need to decide what directions you will need to go to reach the seed growing a tiny root. There is more than one way to get to each step in the plant growth sequence.  Below you will find the route we took to get from the seed packet to the full grown plant.

The goal of this activity isn’t to find the perfect route. The goal is to try to build an algorithm.  Working with algorithms using things that children know like plant growth helps them begin to understand coding. It also allows them to work on direction and positional words.

Here are some wonderful books on plant growth we have read and I think you will like. Some are fiction books while others are non-fiction.

Planting a Rainbow

Pick, Pull, Snap!: Where Once a Flower Bloomed

From Seed to Plant

Jack’s Garden

The Tiny Seed: Book & CD (The World of Eric Carle)

Flower Garden

 

Seed-Growth-Algorithm-Activity-Facebook revised

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar Coding Activity

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar Algorithm Activity - This is a great way to introduce children to coding. They are probably already familiar with this wonderful story.

 

The Very Hungry Caterpillar is not only a classic for young children. It is a great book for teaching children how to build algorithms.  It has a series of events that are really easy for children to follow and remember. (If your children haven’t had the opportunity to hear or read the story they are in for a treat.) Each day The Very Hungry Caterpillar eats something different as it prepares to become a butterfly. On the Hungry Caterpillar Algorithm worksheet I created children will need to go from the caterpillar to each of the food he ate to his becoming a butterfly. You will notice I didn’t include all the foods that he ate on his hungriest day. Instead I just drew a picture of the salami. After moving up, down, left or right to get to each of the food, children will need to make their way to the butterfly.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Algorithm Activity - This is a great way to introduce children to coding. They are probably already familiar with this wonderful story.

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I usually fill out my own algorithm coding sheet as my students or son work on theirs. It helps us to stay on track and not get lost. You totally don’t have to do that. After explaining what to do, you could put out a copy of The Very Hungry Caterpillaralong with a pencil and the worksheet.  Your children could refer back to the book when they needed to remember just when he ate each food item . I bet they would be able to complete the coding algorithm on their own.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Algorithm Activity - This is a great way to introduce children to coding. They are probably already familiar with this wonderful story.

If your children need to get up and move, you could put the food and butterfly pictures on index cards. Your children could space the cards out on the floor.  Then they could tell you how they would get to each one. They would still get to work on direction words up, down, left or right.

Here are some other coding activities that you can do with young children:

Superhero Coding Activity Without Computers

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Algorithm Printable Activity

Coding Games- Building and Walking an Algorithm

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Algorithm Activity - This is a great way to introduce children to coding. They are probably already familiar with this wonderful story.

You will find more coding activities like this The Very Hungry Caterpillar Algorithm activity on my Early Learning Math board on Pinterest.

 

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President’s Day Counting Activity

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President's Day Counting Activity- Counting on Washington and Lincoln Printable Numbers. We used pennies as counters.
President’s Day was once a celebration of George Washington’s birthday. Now other presidents like Abraham Lincoln are celebrated on President’s Day. Here is a set of President’s Day Numbers. Washington appears on the odd numbers and Lincoln appears on the even numbers. They would be great to have your children explore around President’s Day or maybe leading up to a presidential election.

President's Day Counting Activity- Counting on Washington and Lincoln Printable Numbers. We used pennies as counters.

 

While at first glance you may think these President’s Day numbers are just for preschool kids, older kids can use them too. Here is a list of several ways that I have come up with to use these President’s Day numbers.

President’s Day Counting Activity Ideas

President's Day Counting Activity- Counting on Washington and Lincoln Printable Numbers. We used pennies as counters.

Putting the Numbers in Order

Kids can be given a stack of the numbers from one to ten and put them in order. They can they count up for the number one. I think  it is a good idea to have them touch each number while they say it.

Number and Object Match

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Kids can be given real or play coins to place on the numbers. (We used real pennies at my house.) They will need to up to place coins that match each number on it. Example: Number one gets one penny.

Adding Two Numbers

Kids can select two numbers or have two numbers given to them. They will need to make an addition sentence with those numbers. Kids can place the correct number of coins on each number. They can then combine the coins to find the sum. You could make felt a plus sign and equal sign for kids to put between the two numbers.

Counting Down

Kids can arrange the cards in descending order. The number line can start with ten and end with one.  They can start with ten coins on the ten. Then slide the coins to the nine and take one away. This process can be continued until they get to one.

More Counting Numbers

This set of President’s Day numbers is part of a series on numbers. You can find Thanksgiving turkey numbers, Christmas cookie numbers, candy cane numbers, and New Year’s Eve numbers right here on JDaniel4’s Mom.

President's Day Counting Activity- Counting on Washington and Lincoln Printable Numbers. We used pennies as counters.

You will find a number of early learning math activities on my Early Learning Math board on Pinterest.

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Valentine’s Day Tangram Activity with Printables

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Valentine's Day Tangram Activity with Printables - This is part of a set that features printable Valetnine's Day with a small set of tangrams, a large set of tangrams, and a heart shaped pattern mat.

Earlier I shared with the tangram Valentines with a printable tangram set. I made them for JDaniel to take to school to pass out to his classmates. At the same time I made them I made a large set of tangrams and a tangram pattern mat. I would you would like to see this tangram activity too.

Tangram Activity

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Tangram Valentines Set including tangrams, the Valentine’s Day cards, and the pattern mat were included in the same PDF printable. I mention them in the card post. They weren’t  all displayed. I did share a picture of them in an Instagram post. That post featured them as an extension activity. The book that went along with the activity was Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch . It is my favorite Valentine’s Day book.

Valentine's Day Tangram Activity with Printables - This is part of a set that features printable Valetnine's Day with a small set of tangrams, a large set of tangrams, and a heart shaped pattern mat.

I wanted you to get to see what the pattern mat and larger set looks like. We had a great time working with them. It thought you might like exploring and building with them too.

Valentine's Day Tangram Activity with Printables - This is part of a set that features printable Valetnine's Day with a small set of tangrams, a large set of tangrams, and a heart shaped pattern mat.

The tangram pieces can be printed out on any color of paper you like. We printed ours on  red copy paper.

Valentine's Day Tangram Activity with Printables - This is part of a set that features printable Valetnine's Day with a small set of tangrams, a large set of tangrams, and a heart shaped pattern mat.

Hint 1:

The tangram pieces need to be turned upside down to create the pattern. If you leave them printed edge up, you have to make the pattern backwards.

Hint 2:

A reader contacted me and pointed out that they like to build the tangram pattern on the pattern itself and not beside it. If that is what you like to do, print out two copies of the pattern mat. Use one as the mat. Cut out the pieces on the second mat and build your pattern with them. They will fit on the mat perfectly. The tangram blocks in the set are too big to fit on the mat.

Other Related Activities

If you like working with tangrams, you will want to check out my tangram pizza box post. It will walk you through how to make a giant set of tangrams.

I found this really cool set of puzzle patterns for the Chinese New Year animals.

For more math related activities please take a moment search through my blog and my Early Learning Math board on Pinterest.

Valentine's Day Tangram Activity with Printables - This is part of a set that features printable Valetnine's Day with a small set of tangrams, a large set of tangrams, and a heart shaped pattern mat.

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