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Math Lesson Plans - Grades PreK-1
- St. Patrick's Day
- Butterfly Unit - References
- Butterfly Unit - What Have We Learned?
- Butterfly Unit - Butterfly Poetry
- Butterfly Unit - Symmetry Lesson
- Butterfly Unit - How to Attract Butterflies
- Butterfly Unit - Eat Like a Butterfly
- Butterfly Unit - Life Cycle Sequencing
- Butterfly Unit - Life Cycles of Butterflies
- Butterfly Unit - From Caterpillar to Butterfly
- Butterfly Unit -What Caterpillars Eat
- Hokey Pokey with Shapes
- The Grouchy Ladybug
- Math Lesson Plans - Grades PreK-1
- The Importance of Symbols
- Jennifer Faherty
- Amy Geurkink Math Lesson Plan
- Math Counting
- Coin Counting
- In this transportation lesson, the class creates a land/air/water pocket chart graph after reading a transportation story
- The probability of grabbing a yellow bear from a colorful box of bears is graphed in this math center activity
- This cardinal-inspired paper craft teaches children about circles and cutting on a curved line.
- Here students practice telling time on a website clock and on a customized clock worksheets
- Here's a Card Game idea for studying Greater Than/Less Than
- Celebrate the 100th Day of School with this 10 tens = 100 lesson
- Here are several Halloween math ideas using clever pumpkin/ghost lima bean counters
- This lesson teaches the concepts of equal parts and one-half
- Jump-O-Math is a game idea that combines hopscotch, counting, and addition
- Here students put dots on butterfly wings and then find the sums of their creation
- This lesson compares money and note values
- Students print meaningful geometric Adinka Design patterns in the Ashanti tradition in this lesson
- "Early to Bed" is a really good time addition game
- These are multidisciplinary election lesson ideas
- Young students take a money test here by shopping for items in the class store
- Here's a lesson on One Digit Multiplication by Repeated Addition
- This is a lesson on inverse addition and subtraction sentences
- Math lesson on addition and subtraction
- This lesson idea on Shapes involves students creating Windsocks out of Shapes
- Here kindergartners make and "read" their Circus Balloon Counting Book
- This number "3" lesson features the triangular recycling symbol
- This Greater Than Less Than lesson uses the card game War
- The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anythingis used in this sequencing and ordinal number lesson
- This idea for teaching Measurement involves students reading a recipe for "Zoo Food"
- After each student creates a self-descriptive bubble map, the class graphs the popular adjectives in this first day of school idea
- Here is a lesson plan on skip counting that uses a "Pass The Paper" game
- This lesson plan is on Measuring, Graphing, and Cardinal Numbers
- This "Fact Family Photo Album" idea stops kids from inviting a stranger (4th number) into the family
- The Grouchy Ladybug
- In this worksheet lesson, tails are pinned to monkeys in order by length
- Students create their own "Chica Chica 123" book here about counting by tens
- Careful here, this one is on Rock Throwing
- "Fraction Pyramid" is an idea that combines math, social studies, and cooperation
- Here is another lesson on estimation
- Drawing 4 Children (free download) is used in this idea to create a dinosaur habitat
- In this cooperative learning lesson, students estimate the number of objects in a box and add them together by grouping
- This learning to whistle idea teaches the value of fortitude
- A Place Value lesson in a Game format
- This graphing idea involves students' favorite ice cream
- An idea for Counting using the Cheerios Counting Book
- This Preschool Easter lesson is on counting Easter Chicks
- This fun idea involves throwing balls into divided boxes to determine numbers to add (integrates PE)
- Following these geometric directions will yield a village of unique snowmen
- Rock Sculptures are the subject of this lesson
- This an Odd and Even Song
- This turkey hunt provides number practice
- Using a jump rope rhyme is an effective idea to teach note values
- This multidisciplinary lesson centers on cookies and the letter "C"
- This is a lesson on probability and chance
- Students Practice Math with the Math Sampler computer program here
- Here's a procedure for turning ordinary index cards into "Anglefinders"
- Ordinal numbers are taught in a popcorn line in this short teaching idea
- These are preschool "bee counting" activities
- This lesson on Geometrical Shapes uses the story "The Greedy Triangle"
- Lesson Plan : Number "1" and letter "I"
- This lesson gives students hands-on experience creating and illustrating word problems
- This lesson is on patterns, adding, and counting
- This is a geometry lesson on shapes found in an African village
- This is the M&M; color graphing lesson with a probability twist
- "Mitten Math" illustrates the Commutative Property of Addition
- This pattern-making idea comes from the bookCaps for Sale
- Here student height comparison charts are created with Microsoft Excel
- "Al The Alligator" is the title of this lesson on Greater Than and Less Than
- This teacher suggests reading "Adding Annie" before tackling addition and subtraction worksheets
- Here is a collection of extension activity ideas
- Here's an interesting idea for keeping Pet Rock Journals
- If you need a math component for a rainforest unit, try this fruit loop graphing idea
- This is a fun way to learn math using the song, "Who Stole the Cookies"
- This "Bob the Builder" warm-up activity integrates math with a cardiovascular workout
- In this new Chipo's Gift "glyph" activity, two species of moths will be compared and contrasted
- "Teen Family" is a number order role playing idea for recognition of the numbers 10-19
- Here are some activities for the 100th Day of School
- Dog biscuits are the nonstandard units used in this measurement activity
- "Subtraction Race" combines math with physical education for fun you can count on
- In this preschool holiday lesson, students match cut-out shapes to outlines
- Here's a lesson for measuring Magnetic Strength
- This is a telling time to the hour and half-hour lesson
- Here we measure in inches after readingInchworm and a Half
- Here's an idea for Shape "Hokey Pokey"
- This is another jellybean graphing lesson idea (Easter lesson?)
- Click here to read, write, sing, estimate, graph, and eat apples
- This idea called "Addition Kids" looks at getting the same sum with different numbers
- Young students create number garlands here to begin their exposure to multiplication
- A grouchy ladybug and fun clock manipulatives help us tell time in this lesson
- This lesson involves writing a paper as a culminating activity
- This is an Easter lesson on patterns in art and math
- This addition activity lesson asks "How many different ways can you make the same number?"
- 2, 4, 6, 8, here's a counting by two lesson you'll appreciate...
- This lesson is on "Math Through Rhythm"
- Olympic Opening Ceremonies
- Here's a lesson idea to use for teaching shapes (and colors) to music
- Here are some good ideas to get Students involved in getting Parents to Parent's Night
- Students will especially enjoy subtracting and adding manipulatives in this yummy gummy math lesson
- In this St. Patrick's Day Pin-the-Tail-on-the-Donkey type game, students count and learn directional words while "Filling Our Pot of Gold"
- Here's an idea for comparing different Cup Measurements
- With the help of "The Hungry Caterpillar," this "Fruit Unit" also teaches days of the week and graphing
- In this Hanukkah idea, children count and identify the color of menorah candles
- Here is a patterns lesson
- To integrate Music, this section is on making "Rocky Music"
- Make a birthday pictograph
- Pre-K and Special Ed students learn to count from 1 to 10 here with the help of a Gummi Bear book and other manipulatives
- In this lesson, students arrange groundhogs by size
- This section is meant to be a general Exploration of Rocks in general
- The bookCaps For Saleis used here to explore patterns
- This yummy fall math idea uses candy corn to illustrate inequalities
- This 5-minute interval time-telling lesson utilizes "Clocks and More"
- Here's a good money idea - Christmas "ornament" shopping in class
- This lesson plan is on melting snow and thermometers
- Students use patterns and sequencing to make a necklace in this "Caps for Sale" related lesson
- This lesson is on counting and graphing gummy bears
- In this game, students use their bodies to represent rhythms
- Here's a Counting Down idea using File Folders
- This is a fun song that teaches the values of coins
- Here is a really good sorting lesson
- Here students answer math problems by forming into groups of the appropriate number
- Graphing favorite Thanksgiving foods is the central activity of this lesson plan
- Here are some small, big, huge and enormous vocabulary activities for "The Enormous Turnip"
- This Johnny Appleseed lesson includes geography, transportation, U.S. history, sense of taste, graphing, and story illustration
- This lesson is on adding multiple numbers and is called Butterfly Math Matchup
- Young students graph their favorite taste - sweet, salty, bitter, or sour - in this integrated curriculum lesson that honors auditory, visual and kinesthetic learners
- In this lesson, cows and their spots are counted
- This part is on Weight and Balance with Rocks
- "Beep Beep Vroom Vroom" is a pattern lesson with colors and cars
- Here toy cars and trucks are sorted and counted
- This Math Card Game is on Greater Than and Less Than
- Similar to the one above, this one is on Native American Rock Designs
- Here children represent the same counted numbers in different ways
- Here's a simple idea for creating a Fact Family City
- Here's an idea for a Holiday Calendar to countdown to Christmas (or other events)
- An idea for posting a Daily Graph on the board
- This one deals with Magnetic Attraction through Objects
- This lesson is on the seasons and measuring temperature
- This lesson is on sets
- "Easter Egg Math" reviews addition and subtraction
- Here students perform "Caps for Sale" after predicting how many caps they can balance
- Creating a class birthday quilt from old cards brings the class together, teaches patterns, and how to tie
- This is an arithmetic lesson that uses Chips Ahoy cookies
- Students make a classroom graph showing how many letters are in each student's name in this lesson
- Young students make and decorate bean-filled coffee can shaker instruments here
- In this well-developed Pre-K/Special Ed fish pond lesson four and one-half fish are counted
- A Math lesson on patterns that integrates Music
- The popularity of dinosaurs is graphed in this lesson
- "Where the Wild Things Are" is a good multidisciplinary place to read, compare/contrast, sort monster types, and learn about islands
- A lesson called Growing and Changing that has connections in Social Studies and Math
- A Math activity on Place Value
- This lesson is about money and the values of nickels and pennies
- A fun way to learn Shapes - sing Hokey Pokey with Shapes instead of body parts
- This multidisciplinary Rainbow Fish activity idea is perfect for the first day of school
- Here is a math problem solving lesson involving shopping
- Students identify and count shapes and colors used while constructing Geometry Animals here
- Jumbo die are used in this doubles lesson
- This one is on Rocks from an Ant's Eye View
- Called "Book Shopping," this idea helps students learn to make Change from a Dollar
- Throwing and counting are the skills practiced in this Oscar's Garbage Can game
- Explore the math concept of symmetry by folding shapes and letters here
- Coloring pages are included in this child's first factoring lesson
- With "Dice Math," you can practice multiple operations on multiple numbers
- Young students estimate and measure their handspan here using non-standard units
- This lesson on measuring curvy objects asks, "How Long or How Short"
- This is a perfect Halloween math lesson plan: estimating with pumpkin seeds
- This lesson uses the MS Paint program to teach counting
- Here's an early childhood lesson on five geometric shapes
- In this unique idea, students describe their classmates in positive math or scientific terms
- In this lesson, students match units of time with corresponding activities
- In "Making Rainbow Fruity Clouds," children measure ingredients and follow directions
- Here's a lesson for Valentine's Day called Love Bugs, used to discuss Bugs
- This portion is on Rock Streaking
- Students learn here that solid figures are real world applicable and can be found all around us
- Squishy Ball Numeration incorporates counting, number identification and number writing
- "Marsupial Math" is a lesson on Subtraction Sentences
- "Round the Clock" is a unit on time to the half-hour and digital/analog clocks
- In this lesson, special needs students practice counting by jumping squares
- This is a student height graph idea involving "snowballs"
- In this lesson, students describe, create, replicate, and extend patterns using websites and Unifix cubes
- This is a money lesson on making and using change
- This is a problem solving activity using the cows and chickens problem
- Here is a math lesson on time
- This lesson introduces Moh's Hardness Scale to test the Hardness of a Rock
- Make a Halloween pumpkin face with geometry shapes here
- This part deals with "Pet Rocks"
- This game on various equations is called "Celebrity Heads"
- "How many fish in the fishbowl" is a commutative property of addition lesson
- Favorite Fruits are graphed here
- This lesson uses the software "KidPix" to teach Geometric Shapes
- Here's a fun idea called "Pocket Counting" that uses Unifix cubes and teaches counting and graphing concepts
- Choosing the right measurement tool and standard unit is the topic of this lesson
- Here students use their bodies to make geometric shape photos
- Kid Pix software is used in this fun idea for teaching Geometric Shapes
- "Ten Apples Up On Top" by Dr. Seuss inspires this self-portrait art and counting project idea
- Toddlers and preschoolers press their hands and feet into service for this patriotic flag activity
- "Musical Math" deals with the Values of Musical Notes
- Here young students add and subtract dogs going in and out of a kennel
- This is an idea for an ordinal number lesson
- This one is called the "Pumpkin Numbers Game"
- In this multidisciplinary lesson, students form a beautiful bulletin board using rhythm and math
- The ants go marching 2 by 2 with one left over in this lesson on remainders
- This counting lesson idea utilizes tally marks
- Here's a Grouping idea that uses the story "What Comes In 2's, 3's, and 4's"
- Here you can teach Art Concepts using Rocks
- A Math Game to help teach subtraction
- This lesson is on researching and charting farm animal information
- This is a sequencing relay game
- This is just a fun game idea that can go along with Math or Spelling
- "10 Pennies = 1 Dime" is a money lesson that makes "cents"!
- Here is a lesson plan on number sense
- This is a lesson on number sense and numeration using literature
- This lesson idea on shapes is called "Shape Sheets"
- This is a two-digit addition lesson
- This "Math through Music" lesson encourages mental math and quantity analysis while educating students musically
- This lesson is on Grouping and Place Value using various objects
- Here's a math lesson on graphing and addition
- Here is a lesson on adding three numbers together
- This is a multi-disciplinary lesson on "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and sequencing of events
- Here's a song for learning beginning addition facts
- This first part is on Pilot Jobs and Vocabulary
- "How Big is a Foot?" reinforces the concepts of longer and shorter
- In this lesson, students check their "which one is heavier" estimates by using a pan balance
- This lesson is called "Number Sentences" and focuses on Addition
- This part is on Native Americans and their Rock Art
- A Math lesson plan on 2-Dimensional Objects
- This "Number Match" idea makes use of Unifix cubes
- Here children color stars and individually place them into a class "favorite color" graph
- Here subtraction is performed with zoo animals
- Christmas tree ornaments are counted in this holiday lesson idea
- Here's a collection of 22 math lesson plans covering a wide variety of topics and grade levels
- This is a program for writing and illustrating a hardbound class book
- This 5-day friendship lesson integrates character education, language arts, math, music and a craft activity
- The second lesson is on Measurement, Graphing, and Creating Art for their plane
- A lesson plan on Problem Solving with Magnets
- This is a pumpkin seed lesson on estimation and graphing
- Here is a lesson called "What Time Is It?"
- "Chipo's Gift" is a thematic cross-curriculum book unit about an inquisitive mopane worm
- Here's a lesson for adding two single digit numbers
- A good introductory lesson, this one is on What Attracts and Why
- Geo-spiders are made while discussing conflicts in this Anansi related lesson
- This one is a Counting Up Sticker game idea
- This lesson uses a song to teach coin value
- This "Mardi Gras Tokens" agility game motivates students to improve their math and teamwork skills while boosting cardio performance
- This one is for exploring geometry at an early age
- Here is a number recognition hide-and-go-seek game
- This brief idea involves students making Alphabet Books
- Here children sort and count real objects by colors onto a graph
- Here is another grouchy ladybug lesson
- A Math lesson on attributes and logic
- This lesson is on the North and South Poles of a Magnet
- Here's an idea for doing Chalkboard Addition and Subtraction
- Here is a math lesson on estimation and classification
- The Tooth Fairy joins Math and Dental Health in this lesson idea
- This fact family lesson plan features Kidspiration generated worksheets
- Students graph clover shamrocks from the schoolyard in this St. Patrick's Day lesson
- This is a Tic-Tac-Toe game idea that can be used with any math problems
- This is an even and odd number dice idea
- An idea for teaching Calendar Skills
- "The number "2" very often describes pairs"
- In this "Supermarket Math" lesson, students complete and interpret a KWL chart and food pictograph
- This is a beginning single-digit addition lesson
