Subject(s): Math Grades(s): Grades PreK-1

Addition & Subtraction:

• This is a place value activity
• This lesson is on patterns, adding, and counting
• Here is an addition and subtraction lesson
• This math game teaches subtraction
• This fun idea involves throwing balls into divided boxes to determine numbers to add
• Here is a lesson on adding three numbers together
• This lesson is on adding multiple numbers and is called “Butterfly Math Matchup”
• Here’s a lesson for adding two single digit numbers
• This is an idea for doing chalkboard addition and subtraction
• “Easter Egg Math” reviews addition and subtraction
• Here young students add and subtract dogs going in and out of a kennel

• This lesson is called “Number Sentences” and focuses on Addition
• “Marsupial Math” is a lesson on Subtraction Sentences
• Students Practice Math with the Math Sampler computer program here
• This idea called “Addition Kids” looks at getting the same sum with different numbers
• “Subtraction Race” combines math with physical education for fun you can count on
• Here’s a song for learning beginning addition facts
• In this cooperative learning lesson, students estimate the number of objects in a box and add them together by grouping
• Jumbo die are used in this doubles lesson
• Here students put dots on butterfly wings and then find the sums of their creation
• This is a two-digit addition lesson
• “How many fish in the fishbowl” is a Commutative Property of Addition lesson
• “Mitten Math” illustrates the Commutative Property of Addition
• This addition activity lesson asks “How many different ways can you make the same number?”
• This is a beginning single-digit addition lesson
• Here subtraction is performed with zoo animals
• In this thematic book unit, students create addition sentences by coloring “Chipo” the worm
• This is a lesson on inverse addition and subtraction sentences
• Here’s a simple idea for creating a math fact family city
• This “Fact Family Photo Album” idea stops kids from inviting a stranger (4th number) into the family
• This fact family lesson plan features Kidspiration generated worksheets
• This teacher suggests reading “Adding Annie” before tackling addition and subtraction worksheets
• Students will especially enjoy subtracting and adding manipulatives in this yummy gummy math lesson

Algebra:

• This game on various Equations is called “Celebrity Heads”

Counting:

• This is an arithmetic lesson that uses Chips Ahoy cookies
• This lesson uses the Paint program to teach counting
• This “Number Match” idea makes use of Unifix cubes
• Here’s an idea for a Holiday advent calendar to countdown to Christmas (or other events)
• Here’s a fun idea called “Pocket Counting” that uses Unifix cubes and teaches counting and graphing concepts
• This Preschool Easter lesson is on counting Easter Chicks
• Here is a lesson plan on Skip Counting that uses a “Pass The Paper” game
• Here’s a Grouping idea that uses the story “What Comes In 2′s, 3′s, and 4′s”
• Here’s a Counting Down idea using File Folders
• This one is a Counting Up Sticker game idea
• An idea for Counting using the Cheerios Counting Book
• This lesson is on Counting and Ordering Numbers
• 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”
• 2, 4, 6, 8, here’s a counting by two lesson you’ll appreciate…
• In this lesson, special needs students practice counting by jumping squares
• This counting lesson idea utilizes tally marks
• Christmas tree ornaments are counted in this holiday lesson idea
• Here toy cars and trucks are sorted and counted
• “Ten Apples Up On Top” by Dr. Seuss inspires this self-portrait art and counting project idea
• In this Hanukkah idea, children count and identify the color of menorah candles
• In this lesson, cows and their spots are counted
• Here are some activities for the 100th Day of School
• Pre-K and Special Ed students learn to count from 1 to 10 here with the help of Gummi Bear manipulatives
• This well-developed Pre-K/Special Ed fish pond lesson introduces counting to four and the concept of half
• Students count by tens here with “Chica Chica 123″ and “Mathomosis”
• Here kindergartners make and “read” their Circus Balloon Counting Book
• The bean-filled shaker instruments made in this lesson can be used for counting
• These are preschool “bee counting” activities
• This “Mardi Gras Tokens” physical agility game motivates students to improve their counting and teamwork skills

Date & Time:

• Here is a math lesson on time
• This is an idea for teaching calendar skills
• This lesson is called “What Time Is It?”
• “Early to Bed” is a really good time addition game
• In this lesson, we learn to tell time with a grouchy ladybug and fun clock manipulatives
• Here is another grouchy ladybug lesson
• And here is yet another grouchy ladybug
• Here students practice telling time on a website clock and on a customized clock worksheets
• This is a telling time to the hour and half-hour lesson
• This 5-minute interval time-telling lesson utilizes “Clocks and More”
• In this lesson, students match units of time with corresponding activities
• “Round the Clock” is a unit on time to the half-hour and digital/analog clocks

Equality & >, < Relations:

• Here’s a card game idea for studying greater than/less than
• This card game is on greater than and less than
• “Al The Alligator” is the title of this lesson on greater than and less than
• This greater than and less than lesson uses the card game War
• This yummy fall math idea uses candy corn to illustrate inequalities
• In this lesson, students arrange groundhogs by size
• In this worksheet lesson, tails are pinned to monkeys in order by length
• “How Big is a Foot?” reinforces the concepts of longer and shorter
• This lesson teaches the concepts of equal parts and one-half

Estimation & Rounding:

• Here is a math lesson on estimation and classification
• Here is another math lesson on estimation
• Estimating with pumpkin seeds is a perfect lesson plan for fall or Halloween
• This is a pumpkin seed lesson on estimation and graphing
• In this lesson, students check their “which one is heavier” estimates by using a pan balance

Fractions & Percentages:

• “Fraction Pyramid” is an idea that combines math, social studies, and cooperation

Geometry – Measurement:

• This idea for teaching measurement involves students reading a recipe for “Zoo Food”
• Here’s an idea for comparing different cup measurements
• In “Making Rainbow Fruity Clouds,” children measure ingredients and follow directions
• Choosing the right measurement tool and unit is the topic of this lesson
• Here we measure in inches after reading Inchworm and a Half
• Dog biscuits are the nonstandard units used in this measurement activity
• Young students estimate and measure their handspan here using non-standard units
• This lesson on measuring curvy objects asks, “How Long or How Short”

Geometry – Shapes & Architecture:

• This lesson plan is about 2-dimensional objects
• This geometrical shapes lesson uses “The Greedy Triangle” story
• This one is for exploring geometry at an early age
• Kid Pix software is used in this fun idea for teaching geometric shapes
• Here’s a fun way to learn shapes – sing Hokey Pokey with shapes instead of body parts
• Students creat Windsocks out of shapes here
• This lesson uses the software “KidPix” to teach geometric shapes
• This lesson idea on shapes is called “Shape Sheets”
• Here’s an early childhood lesson on five geometric shapes
• Here’s another idea for shape “Hokey Pokey”
• In this preschool holiday lesson, students match cut-out shapes to outlines
• Explore the math concept of symmetry by folding shapes and letters here
• Following these geometric directions will yield a village of unique snowmen
• Geo-spiders are made while discussing conflicts in this Anansi-related lesson
• This is a Halloween pumpkin face geometry shapes lesson
• Here students use their bodies to make geometric shape photos
• This is a geometry lesson on shapes found in an African village
• Students identify and count shapes and colors used while constructing geometry animals here
• This cardinal-inspired paper craft teaches children about circles and cutting on a curved line.

Geometry – Other:

• Here is a patterns lesson
• In this lesson, students describe, create, replicate, and extend patterns using websites and Unifix cubes
• Here’s a procedure for turning ordinary index cards into “Angle Finders”
• This pattern-making idea comes from the book Caps for Sale
• This Chipo’s Gift “glyph” activity is about symmetry and the comparison of two species of moths
• “Beep Beep Vroom Vroom” is a pattern lesson with colors and cars

Graphing & Mapping:

• Here’s a math lesson on graphing and addition
• Here is an idea for posting a daily graph on the board
• Graphing favorite Thanksgiving foods is the central activity of this lesson plan
• This graphing idea involves students’ favorite ice cream
• The popularity of dinosaurs is graphed in this lesson
• Students make a classroom graph showing how many letters are in each student’s name in this lesson
• This is a student height graph idea involving “snowballs”
• A birthday pictograph is created here
• Here children sort and count real objects by colors onto a graph
• Favorite Fruits are graphed here
• This lesson is on counting and graphing gummy bears
• In this “Supermarket Math” lesson, students complete and interpret a KWL chart and food pictograph
• Here’s a St. Patrick’s Day idea involving a “Green Survey” and graph
• Students graph clover shamrocks from the schoolyard in this St. Patrick’s Day lesson
• This is another jellybean graphing lesson idea (Easter lesson?)
• Here children color stars and individually place them into a class “favorite color” graph
• If you need a math component for a rainforest unit, or not, try this fruit loop graphing idea

Money:

• Here is a math lesson on money and the values of nickels and pennies
• Called “Book Shopping,” this idea helps students learn to make change from a dollar
• This lesson uses a song to teach coin value
• Here’s a good money idea – Christmas “ornament” shopping in class
• Here ia a coin counting lesson using different coins
• “10 Pennies = 1 Dime” is a money lesson that makes “cents”!
• This is a money lesson on making and using change
• This is a fun song that teaches the values of coins
• Young students take a money test here by shopping for items in the class store

Multiplication & Division:

• Here’s a lesson on one digit multiplication by repeated addition
• The ants go marching 2 by 2 with one left over in this lesson on remainders
• This is a child’s first factoring lesson
• Young students create number garlands here to begin their exposure to multiplication

Numbers & Number Sense:

• This lesson is on sets
• Here is a lesson plan on number sense
• This one is called the “Pumpkin Numbers Game”
• This turkey hunt provides number practice
• Celebrate the 100th Day of School with this 10 tens = 100 lesson
• Here are lessons for the numbers 1, 2, and 3:
  • “If one points with one finger at a particular item, that item becomes special”
  • “The number “2″ very often describes pairs”
  • This number “3″ lesson features the triangular recycling symbol
• This is an even and odd number dice idea
• Here is a number recognition hide-and-go-seek game
• “Squishy Ball Numeration” incorporates counting, number identification and number writing
• Here is an “Odd and Even Song”
• This is an idea for an ordinal number lesson
• Ordinal numbers are taught in a popcorn line in this short teaching idea
• Here children represent the same counted numbers in different ways
• “Teen Family” is a number order role playing idea for recognition of the numbers 10-19

Place Value:

• A Place Value lesson in a Game format
• This lesson is on Grouping and Place Value using various objects

Probability & Statistics:

• Here is a lesson on probability and chance
• This is the M&M color graphing lesson with a probability twist
• The probability of grabbing a yellow bear from a colorful box of bears is graphed in this math center activity

Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, & Logic:

• A Problem Solving Activity using the Cows and Chickens problem
• This lesson gives students hands-on experience creating and illustrating word problems

Other / Multiple Topics:

• A Collection of 22 Math Lesson Plans covering a wide variety of topics (Various grade levels)
• The Tooth Fairy joins Math and Dental Health in this lesson idea
• This lesson plan is on Measuring, Graphing, and Cardinal Numbers
• This is just a fun game idea that can go along with Math or Spelling
• Here are some good ideas to get students involved in getting parents to Parent’s Night
• This is a Tic-Tac-Toe game idea that can be used with any math problems
• Here are several Halloween math ideas using clever pumpkin/ghost lima bean counters
• This is a really good sorting lesson
• With “Dice Math,” you can practice multiple operations on multiple numbers
• The book Caps For Sale is used here to explore patterns
• This multidisciplinary “Rainbow Fish” activity idea is perfect for the first day of school
• This 5-day friendship lesson integrates character education, language arts, math, music and a craft activity

Art Connections:

• This is an Easter lesson on patterns in Art and Math
• This creating a class birthday quilt from old cards lesson brings the class together, teaches patterns, and how to tie
• Students print meaningful geometric Adinka Design patterns in the Ashanti tradition in this multi-disciplinary lesson
• Toddlers and preschoolers press their hands and feet into service for this patriotic flag activity

Computers & Internet Connections:

• Here student height comparison charts are created with Microsoft Excel
• Drawing 4 Children (free download) is used in this idea to create a dinosaur habitat

Language Arts Connections:

• A lesson called Growing and Changing that has connections in Social Studies and Math
• This brief idea involves students making Alphabet Books (could also be Shape Books)
• “Where the Wild Things Are” is a good multidisciplinary place to read, compare/contrast, sort monster types, and learn about islands
• This multidisciplinary lesson features counting cookies and the letter “C”
• This multidisciplinary lesson is on “The Very Hungry Caterpillar,” ordinal numbers, and sequencing of events
• “The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything” is used in this sequencing and ordinal number lesson
• After each student creates a self-descriptive bubble map, the class graphs the popular adjectives in this first day of school idea
• Here are some small, big, huge and enormous sorting activities for “The Enormous Turnip”
• This is a program for writing and illustrating a topic-centered hardbound class book
• Here students perform “Caps for Sale” after predicting how many caps they can balance
• Students use patterns and sequencing to make a necklace in this “Caps for Sale” related lesson

Music Connections:

• Here is a math lesson on patterns that integrates music
• “Musical Math” deals with the values of musical notes
• This lesson is on “Math Through Rhythm”
• Here’s a lesson idea to use for teaching shapes (and colors) to music
• A fun way to learn math using the song, “Who Stole the Cookies”
• In this multidisciplinary lesson, students form a beautiful bulletin board using rhythm and math
• This learning to whistle idea teaches the value of fortitude
• Using a jump rope rhyme is an idea to teach note values
• This lesson compares money and note values
• In this game, students use their bodies to represent rhythms
• This “Math through Music” lesson encourages mental math and quantity analysis while educating students musically

Physical Education / Health Connections:

• Jump-O-Math is a game idea that combines hopscotch, counting, and addition
• Here students answer math problems by forming into groups of the appropriate number
• Throwing and counting are the skills practiced in this Oscar’s Garbage Can game
• This “Bob the Builder” warm-up activity integrates estimation and counting with a cardiovascular workout
• This is a sequencing relay game

Science Connections:

• Here’s a lesson for Valentine’s Day called Love Bugs, used to discuss Bugs
• A lesson plan on Melting Snow and Thermometers
• Below is a collection of lesson plans to form a Magnet unit:
  • A good introductory lesson, this one is on What Attracts and Why
  • This one deals with Magnetic Attraction through Objects
  • Here’s a lesson for measuring Magnetic Strength
  • This lesson is on the North and South Poles of a Magnet
  • A lesson plan on Problem Solving with Magnets
• Listed below are the lessons for a big multidisciplinary unit on Rocks:
  • This section is meant to be a general Exploration of Rocks in general
  • This one is on Rocks from an Ant’s Eye View
  • Here you can teach Art Concepts using Rocks
  • This lesson introduces Moh’s Hardness Scale to test the Hardness of a Rock
  • This part is on Native Americans and their Rock Art
  • Similar to the one above, this one is on Native American Rock Designs
  • This part deals with “Pet Rocks”
  • Here’s an interesting idea for keeping Pet Rock Journals
  • Rock Sculptures are the subject of this lesson
  • This portion is on Rock Streaking
  • Careful here, this one is on Rock Throwing
  • To integrate Music, this section is on making “Rocky Music”
  • This part is on Weight and Balance with Rocks
• Below is a complete Multidisciplinary Thematic Unit on Butterflies:
  • What Caterpillars Eat
  • From Caterpillar to Butterfly
  • Life Cycles of Butterflies
  • Life Cycle Sequencing
  • Eat Like a Butterfly
  • How to Attract Butterflies
  • Symmetry Lesson
  • Butterfly Poetry
  • What Have We Learned?
• This lesson is on theseasons and measuring temperature
• This lesson is on researching and charting farm animal information
• With the help of “The Hungry Caterpillar,” this fruit unit also teaches days of the week and graphing
• Young students graph their favorite taste – sweet, salty, bitter, or sour – in this integrated curriculum lesson that honors auditory, visual and kinesthetic learners

Social Studies Connections:

• Here’s a four part thematic unit on Aviation:
  • This first part is on Pilot Jobs and Vocabulary
  • The second lesson is on Measurement, Graphing, and Creating Art for their plane
  • This lesson involves writing a paper as a culminating activity
  • Here is a collection of extension activity ideas
• Here are some ideas for teaching a good multidisciplinary apple unit
• This multidisciplinary Johnny Appleseed lesson includes geography, transportation, U.S. history, sense of taste, graphing, and story illustration
• This is a multidisciplinary election lesson
• In this transportation lesson, the class creates a land/air/water pocket chart graph after reading a transportation story

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