Educational Talking Points Blog -By A Plus Teaching Resources

Helping Students Learn Fractions? {DO THIS For AWESOME Results!}

Helping Students Learn Fractions? Do you use commercial Fraction Mats? Well here's why you should STOP using them! Find out how commercial Fraction Mats are confusing your students And see what to do INSTEAD! Helping students learn fractions can be frustrating especially if your kids still 'don't get it' even after using 'hands -on' materials. It's hard to believe that even after playing with…

10 DIY Classroom Clock Decor Ideas {To Rock Your Clock!}

Rock your Clock with these Classroom Clock Decor Ideas. Make telling time fun and easier for your kid with one of these creative DIY Teacher Hacks! Teaching kids to tell the time is not easy! Having a clock in the classroom certainly helps kids to connect real life to reading the time, but everyday clocks can be hard for kids to tell…

35 Valentines Day Activities For Kids {Cards, Craft & Printables}

Valentine's Day may filled with roses, chocolates, and romance, but that doesn't mean that the kids can't get in on the fun. Our list of Valentines Day Activities For Kids is teeming with ideas for Valentine cards, craft and printables! There are so many great ideas for your kids to be involved in Valentine's day. In our roundup of our favourites you can find fun…

20 Valentine Books for Kids {To Read Aloud}

Get into the spirit of showing someone you care this February 14th with our favourite Valentine Books For Kids! You may think that Valentines Day is just a fad holiday, but in fact as well as being a seasonal celebration it is also a religious holiday celebrated on February 14th. St. Valentine's Day is a celebration of romance and love and a great…

How To Say Really Big Numbers {It’s A Nifty Trick!}

Do your kids struggle with saying big numbers? Try this nifty trick and your kids will crush 5,6, & 7 figure numbers. This activity will make learning fun and teaching numeracy easy! Saying really big numbers can be difficult for kids, especially numbers with 5 or more digits. Students that find saying big numbers difficult don't realise that numbers are said in…

20 Children’s Books For Teaching Measurement {For Curious Kids!}

Teaching measurement is so more fun when you use picture books. Check out this handy list of the BEST Children's Books For Teaching Measurement and get your kids hooked! Are you teaching your kids measurement? Try introducing this math concept with children's books. Your kids will love learning about measurement and be fully engaged with these books that introduce measuring length, weight (mass), time,…

Super Quick and Easy No Cook Playdough Recipe

This is possibly the quickest and easiest no cook playdough recipe I have ever made! It's a real life saver and works perfectly with playdough mats! No Cook PlayDough Recipe This no cook playdough recipe is the easiest recipe ever and the best part is it is ready in just 4 minutes! With just 4 pantry ingredients you can have a tartar…

Quickest & Easiest Cooked Playdough Recipe {For Kindergarten}

This Cooked Playdough Recipe is quick and simple to make. In just 5 minutes you'll have soft, smooth, squishy play doh perfect for any Kindergarten Playdough Station! There are so many different recipes for playdough we have some favourite 'go to' homemade playdough recipes ourselves. There's recipes that are edible or scented, no cook playdough recipes, even recipes that include jello or conditioner!…

Winter Snowman Printable Number Games {5 Classroom FREEBIES}

Keep your kids motivated to learn Math this Winter with these Snowman Printable Number Games. Try these snowman math games for Hands-on math learning. These Ten Frames, Subitizing and Number recognition free printables are 'Snow-Cute! Repetition and practice is the key to building strong math understandings and you need a ton of activities, printables and teacher worksheets to keep your kids engaged…

5 Proven Activities For Teaching Number Sense {Number of the Day}

Our tried & tested number of the day activities for Teaching Number Sense will make your students confident, fearless and flexible with numbers. Use them in your math class everyday! What is Number Sense? Teaching Number Sense is a key part any maths program. Researchers have found that student achievement levels in numeracy are directly linked to their number sense. The term Number Sense…

7 Easy & Stress Free Teaching Multiplication Strategies For Kids!

Are your kids struggling with learning multiplication and starting to become anxious or overwhelmed? Then you need to try these teaching multiplication strategies with your kids 7 hands-on activities for arrays, groups of, repeated addition and more. Teaching multiplication can be a difficult concept for teachers to teach and for students to understand. Many math programs jump too quickly to focussing on the recall…

Easy Gingerbread House Activities For Kids {No-Bake Recipe}

If you need cute, EASY Gingerbread House Activities for kids give our mini cookie houses a go! They are just the perfect low mess, NO BAKE alternative to traditional 'gingerbread' houses and so much fun to make! Gingerbread houses are a fun and delicious way to decorate for the holidays. But baking your own gingerbread and building the houses can be tricky! It can even…

How To Make Homemade Playdough Soft & Squishy!

Try this homemade playdough recipe for soft, squishy playdough. It's no cook and cheap to make! Perfect for squishing, stretching and our free playdough mats! There are so many different playdough recipes around and we love trying them out on our fave hands-on classroom activities. Different playdough recipes work better for different types of activities, so we like to chop and change ingredients…

Do-A-Dot Fact Fluency Dice Activities {FREEBIES}

Our Roll and Dot the Number Printables are perfect Fact Fluency Dice Activities for Preschool & Kindergarten math centers. Kids love dabbing & dotting while practicing subitizing, number recognition and addition facts! So much Fun! Our Number Fact Fluency dice activities are excellent math games to keep kids motivated and engaged in their learning. Your kids will enjoy using dice but will love dabbing…

Roll-A-Dice Snowman Math Game {Subitizing & Number Recognition}

This FREE Roll-A-Dice Snowman Math Game is excellent for Teaching Number Recognition this Holiday Season. Preschool and Kindergarten kids will love building a snowman and learning to subitize with these math games! Preschool and Kindergarten kids will have so much fun practicing their subitizing and number recognition skills with our super cute snowman math game. They work perfectly in math centers, morning work…

Best Black Friday Deals For Teachers {Cyber Monday Too!}

We have done our homework and found the Best Black Friday Deals For Teachers... Don't stress they don't end until Cyber Monday! The annual Black Friday shopping frenzy is back together with it's digi friend... Cyber Monday! Officially November 23 and 26, but often up to a week before or after keep your eyes peeled for some of the most AH-MAZING bargains,…

Repeated Addition For Kids {Activities, Videos & Free Printables}

Get definitions, 'How To' help, videos and activities for Teaching Repeated Addition with your kids. Oh Yes... and don't forget the Arrays, 'Groups Of' and Skip Counting if you want them to ACE Multiplication! Have you ever asked a child what Repeated Addition is? Could they tell you..? They would probably respond with "It's adding!" But what about the repeated bit? Most…

Top Tips For Teaching Repeated Addition

Our Top Tips For Teaching Repeated Addition are a great way to introduce early multiplication understanding to your kids. Check out these hands-on ideas for Groups of, Addition and Arrays! If your First Grade and Grade 2 kids are rocking addition and are ready to extend their understanding, teaching them the idea of repeated addition is the next step. The repeated addition…