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Kindergarten math

Build your youngest learners' numeracy and problem-solving skills with these math activities for kindergarten, complete with videos, teacher guides, and more.

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These hands-on math activities for 1st and 2nd grade will enable young learners to solve word problems, add numbers, complete and create patterns, and much more.

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Try these 9 summer math activities designed for preventing math summer slide. These are repeatable games and activities appropriate for all children in any grade.

Richard Blankman
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WF1803669 Shaped 2023 Blog Post Math Choice Boards HERO

Learn about and use math choice boards for elementary school, with templates for kindergarten through 5th grade

Dana Leon
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Try these collecting data lesson plans for 1st and 2nd grade to introduce students to tally charts and other ways to collect and interpret data.

Richard Blankman
Shaped Executive Editor

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Series of folding shapes activities for 1st and 2nd graders to practice symmetry and geometry concepts

Alyssa Fuller
Math Intervention Teacher; Learning Experience Designer, HMH

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Try these real-life math problems with solutions in your classroom, which are open-ended projects with a range of possible answers.

WF1594551 Shaped 2022 Blog Post Breaking Numbers Apart Hero

Breaking numbers apart in math can have many mathematical meanings. See how to break numbers apart using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Alyssa Fuller
Math Intervention Teacher; Learning Experience Designer, HMH

WF1594101 How to Estimate Length Hero

Get step-by-step instructions on how to elicit thoughtful questions and responses to tasks that ask students to estimate length.

WF1583951 Shaped 2022 Blog Post Hand Spans Hero

Hand span measurement lesson where teachers have students measure their hand spans and use that to describe and compare distances

Richard Blankman
Shaped Executive Editor

WF1520810 true false open sentences equation hero

In this article, we investigate true, false, and open sentences in mathematics, including how to tell whether a sentence is true and false and how to solve open sentences.

Richard Blankman
Shaped Executive Editor

WF1517050 Shaped 2022 NTL Blog Post Math Activities Lesson Plans

Find engaging math lessons and activities for every grade level.

Zoe Del Mar
Shaped Executive Editor

Shaped 2022 NTL Blog Post Math Exit Tickets Hero 1600x900 85cab6aa25ee358f8b9ee45ba7a4bd78

If you are looking for a flexible and quick way to incorporate assessment into your math classroom, math exit tickets may be your answer.

Zoe Del Mar
Shaped Executive Editor

8 free elementary math activities hero

Get your elementary students hooked on math with these games and activities.

Alicia Ivory
Shaped Editor

Richard Blankman
Shaped Executive Editor

Teaching solid figures triangular prism drawing hero

In this lesson, students will explore the parts that make up solid figures, including edges, faces, and vertices.

Richard Blankman
Shaped Executive Editor

Teaching about classifying polygons

Teach students about the different types of polygons in mathematics, which can be described as flat, closed figures with three or more sides.

Richard Blankman
Shaped Executive Editor