Valentine's Math Center: DIY

Hi there! It's Michelle from Apples and ABC's.  I want to share an easy DIY math center that you can make for you kids!  We are learning how to count numbers 1-30 right now in my Kinder class.  I drew some 30 frames inside a heart and wrote a number at the bottom of each page.  Then I bound about 6 different sheets together so they could flip through and practice different numbers.  On each page the students place that many objects in the 10 frame boxes.  Here are the materials:

-mini objects {I used Valentine's erasers from the Target dollar bin}

-fine motor tweezers {they can just use their hands}

-30 frame sheets

I placed this at a center for math time and the kids had a blast!  I don't always have them use the tweezers, but when we do use them they get to excited.  I stress how these make their hands stronger so they can become better writers.  

I hope this is helpful for some of you!  Come by and say hi, anytime! :)

-Michelle

Valentine's Day Freebie

Hello everyone, it's Mandy from A Special Kind of Class.  I'm so excited to be writing for Kinderland.  I thought I would share with you a Valentine Freebie.  I have a really young kindergarten class this year and they need all the help they can get on the alphabet.  This is a simple upper and lower case matching game.  Of course you can make two copies and have the children match the lower case letters or the upper case letters.  Click on the picture below to pick it up for free.

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