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Printable Multiplication Tables {Essential Tips & Tricks!}

Help your kids to Learn the basic multiplication facts with these Free Printable Multiplication Tables. These tips and tricks are the perfect short cut to help reduce the stress of remembering times tables facts x1 -x12! Many kids find it hard to memorize all the multiplication fact x0 -x12.…

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

If you need cute, EASY Gingerbread House Activities for kids give our mini gingerbread house alternatives 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…

Easy Christmas Classroom Crafts For Kids

Christmas will be here before you know it, and one of our favorite ways to celebrate the holiday season in the classroom is by doing a few fun Christmas crafts for kids. Get into the spirit this December with these festive Christmas Crafts For Kids! As a parent I…

Multiplication As Repeated Addition Lesson Plan {FREE Download}

This Hands-On Multiplication as repeated addition lesson plan is perfect for your math rotations for grade 1 and grade 2 students. Your kids will love these fun math printables & Teachers will love the Free lesson plan for teaching early multiplication, arrays & groups. If you want to help…

Christmas Book Advent Calendar {Start A Tradition!}

This Christmas Book Advent Calendar idea is a wonderful alternative to any store bought Christmas Calendars. Make it for your classroom and build some Christmas magic and love of books with your students this December! Christmas Book Advent Calendar We love adding some Christmas magic and festive fun to our…

Children’s Books About Capacity

Teaching Kids about capacity is great fun and messy! But before it gets too messy why not try these Children's Books About Capacity To get your kids hooked! Using Children’s Books for teaching capacity and volume is a perfect way to get kids interacting and engaged with learning measurement…

Clothespin Snowman Craft {Free Clip Cards Included!}

Add Some Holiday Magic with this Clothespin Snowman Craft idea. Use Them For Fine Motor Practice Or Clip Card Activities. Simple and Jolly Good Fun for kids to make! There's so many Snowman activities for kids to make, but this clothespin snowman craft idea is 'snow' adorable! Whenever we find a…

Must Have FREE Printable Multiplication Games

These Free Printable Multiplication Games are perfect for building recall and fluency of times tables facts. Fun engaging multiplication spinner games from 1x to 12x that your kids will love! Kids seem to find memorizing their multiplication facts, or times tables a challenge? You're not alone! As a Numeracy…

24 Of The Best Christmas Picture Books For Kids {To Read Aloud!}

24 Christmas Picture Books For Kids and a Jolly Holiday Countdown Calendar! From funny to traditional or something totally different this list has it all wrapped up! Create the magic of Christmas with 24 Of The Best Christmas Story Books For Kids. Traditional, Fun, Surprising, and Heartwarming stories of the…

FREE Playdough Mats Guaranteed To Make Learning Fun!

Try these free playdough mats for teaching number recognition in kindergarten. They're guaranteed to make your kids love learning their numbers 0-20! Educational Benefits Of Using Playdough Mats All kids, no matter their age, enjoy rolling, squishing, and stretching playdough and what's more there is evidence that learning using playdough…

31 Fright Free Halloween Picture Books For Little Goblins!

Try these Fun, Catchy, Rhyming and NOT So Scary Halloween Picture Books this October. These are the Best Fright Free Halloween Classroom Activities and read alouds young kids will love! Fun and Fright Free Halloween picture books are the BEST Halloween picture books for sharing. Here's our list of Funny…

Fun Halloween Classroom Activities Make Learning A TREAT!

Don't fight against the Halloween hype! 'Trick or Treat' your kids with these Halloween classroom activities and thematic crafts for kids this October 31st! Why not ditch the regular plans this halloween and have fun with something spooky, creepy, and crawly. Your kids will love learning with our Halloween…

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 lifesaver and it's just super with our FREE playdough mats! Perfect Playdough every time at home or in the classroom! No Cook PlayDough Recipe This no cook playdough recipe is the…

Must Have Children’s Books For Your Classroom!

Children's Books are the perfect tool to help teach, engage and hook kids into learning! Check out our favourites and and start collecting your library of Children's books for your classroom today! A carefully chosen kids book has the power to help explain math concepts to kids in a way…

No Tears Times Tables Using Multiplication Think Boards

Kids struggle with multiplication? Then you must try our Free Multiplication Think Board Template if you want to know how to teach multiplication without the tears! We especially love using thinkboard templates in our math class, and they are a essential piece of kit in the guide to teaching multiplication.…

Essential Kids Multiplication World Books For The Classroom

Our list of Multiplication World Books is an excellent list of children's picture books that are the perfect stress free teaching strategy for helping kids learn about multiplying. Grab these must have picture books for your classroom library today! If you're wondering how to teach multiplication to your grade 1 and…

Teaching Skip Counting {It’s More Than Chanting!}

Our top tips for Teaching Skip Counting are guaranteed strategies to get kids counting fluently by 2s, 5s, or 100s. {Hint- It's a lot more than chanting!} Have you ever asked a child what skip counting is? Could they tell you..? They would probably respond with a 2,4,6,8... chant! Which is…

20 Children’s Books To Teach Fractions {Fraction Made EASY!}

Teachers are you introducing fractions to your students? It can be a tricky concept but it doesn't have to be hard. Here's an awesome list of Children's Books To Teach Fractions to get you started and your kids hooked! According to research, using children’s literature in math lessons can…