ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION - Counting Caterpillar
A bilingual (English/Spanish instructions) hands-on file-folder math center where students match caterpillar body segments to leaves showing the correct addition or subtraction result.
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A bilingual (English/Spanish instructions) hands-on file-folder math center where students match caterpillar body segments to leaves showing the correct addition or subtraction result.
Provide six fairy-tale-themed math centers for K-1 students practicing early number sense skills: one more/one less, matching numerals to dots, adding and subtracting one, ordering numbers, and matching numerals to tally marks and base-ten blocks.
A set of hands-on math center activities for practicing number relationships/complements of 10 (making 10, number bonds, ten frames, plus/minus 10 and 1).
A centers activity for learning common math symbols and their meanings.
Math center activity for counting 1-10 using the letter M as the countable object, reinforcing number-quantity matching.
A missing-number addition and subtraction skill-builder worksheet set, useful as a center or early-finishers activity.
Math center activities that help young learners practice decomposing the number ten into two addends (number bonds), aligned to standard K.OA.A.3.
Hands-on math center/guided-math activity that has students use physical pattern blocks to complete symmetrical pictures on printed place mats, building understanding of symmetry.
Each of the three pages supplies two number-line strips from 0 to 10. Choose monster illustrations, traceable numerals or rainbow numerals for a desk reference or small-group lesson. The tracing version also provides numeral-writing practice.
Practice matching addition and subtraction results using a caterpillar-themed file-folder math center (leaves are attached to the caterpillar body according to the correct result).
Provide a math center activity for practicing addition and subtraction word problems using keyword strategies.
A dramatic-play ice cream shop center that builds language, early math, and social skills through structured pretend-play roles and routines.
A hands-on, self-correcting math center where students match subtraction sentences to their answers.
Real-life-photo shape-sorting math center to deepen understanding of 2D (plane) shapes.
An interactive math center activity for practicing addition and subtraction fact families.
Sorting math center/assessment for distinguishing 2D shapes from 3D shapes, using both basic shape images and real-world object images.
A pretend-cooking sensory table center that integrates language arts and math practice (counting, sorting by size/color, measuring volume, fine motor skills) through a cookbook of recipes made with pom poms.
A reusable, laminate-friendly fact-family house template for addition and subtraction practice, with two blank houses (one yellow-framed, one purple-framed) per page.
A shape-identification and matching activity that uses a pizza theme to teach 2D shape recognition for math lessons and math centers.
A math center/individual-work activity where students solve addition and subtraction word problems to decode a secret word.
Support a kindergarten/grade-1 dramatic-play math center themed around an apple orchard, covering counting, sorting, money, and sequencing.
Hands-on math center activity for practicing identification of basic 2D plane shapes using popsicle sticks and play dough.
Give preschool/kindergarten students practice recognizing the lowercase letter 'r' while counting from 1 to 10.
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