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  Welcoming the start of 2016 is a great time to play around with numbers! So today I really want to share these New Year math ideas with you!   - A great New Year Number of the Day Idea - My new 2016 New Year Number of the Day Sheets and Posters! - A New Year Math Dice Game - and My updated New Year Math Games Freebie   2016 New Year Number of the Day A great math activity to start the 2016 New Year is to make 2016 the Number of the Day. I did this last year and it worked a treat! So of course I had to share it this year! You can make your own and select the skills that suit the abilities of your kids or you can use the ready made posters or worksheets that I have created for the new 2016 year.   2016 New Year Number of the Day Sheets and Posters   New Year 2016 Number of the Day   I have created 2 versions of the 2016 Number of the Day - a basic version and a more complex advanced version. Each is in black...

Just a quick post today so that you don't miss out! I have just finished my Christmas Math Friends set and I know we are getting close to the Holiday break so I have decided to give it away for free for 48 hours only! Free for 48 Hours Only!!!  These are soooo cute! The kids fill in the Christmas Math Friend strip, color the Christmas character and cut out! Download them now before it is too late - https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christmas-Math-Friends-Strips-Free-for-48-Hours-Only-2251260     If you want more Christmas fun for the classroom or for your kids make sure you check out these too!   https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christmas-Writing-2230414   These following are available in the Grade by Grade Christmas Math Games sets below!                           http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christmas-Math-1568928   http://www.tea...

I am Thankful for many things! But today it is the children and teachers all over the world who use my games and activities, that I am most thankful for! I really enjoy creating resources that make learning fun and my motivation and inspiration comes from the people who use my games! To show my gratitude, I have lots of Freebies for Thanksgiving fun in the classroom!      Here are the I am thankful for ... Writing Prompt Freebies. You can download these from my Teachers Pay Teachers store at Thanksgiving Writing Prompts   If you want Thanksgiving math then these Thanksgiving Bump Games my be just what you need! A subtraction bump game and a multiplication bump game. You can find this at Thanksgiving Bump Games Freebie     Then if you want more I also have a Turkey Math Game at www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Turkey-Math-404786   In this game the players compare 2, 3 or 4 digit numbers as they race the turkeys to the corn!   I a...

Halloween is a great opportunity to have some fun in math while the children still do worthwhile activities!   Halloween and math make a great partnership! I doubt that there is any other theme that will motivate as much a Halloween will!         There are loads of simple games and ideas that you can use that will combine math and Halloween! These simple Tic Tac Toe games are soooooo easy to create! You just need some plastic spiders or bats and a grid drawn on paper!        These math challenges are easy to create too! We used the poster above for 2 different activities. 1. Find as many combinations of 2 or 3 numbers that add to 31 (for October 31 of course)! 2. Find sets of 3 numbers where 2 of the numbers add to the third number! Find as many as possible for each! Winner is the person with the most! Our winners received a plastic spider! :)            These are our Halloween Math Place Value Friends...