First Grade

Finding all the ways to decompose a number is much more fun and memorable with burger buns and pickle buttons! The activity starts by placing pickle buttons in a closed bun (whole number).  Then, the children open the bun and move pickles from side to side (parts) recording all the possible combinations.

Thanks to the Trustees of the Glenn W. Bailey Foundation for supporting our Lil’ Mathematician program.  All three program areas – Tutoring, Teaching Tools, and Kid-Sized Materials – will be improved with the funds we received from their substantial grant. We don’t only want the children to have a solid math foundation; we want them

These handy pads allow children to get plenty of number bond practice.  They can later re-visit their work.  The children are encouraged to take them home to create their own math equations.

A gigantic ten-frame makes it easy for a teacher to lead math activities with the entire classroom. Plenty of activities with ten-frames enable children to think of numbers in terms of their relationship to ten.  Mental addition/subtraction calculations become more automatic.  For example, “There’s eight because two are missing.” We even provided magnetic, hanging dry

Our after-school tutoring program is the ultimate in convenience.  The tutoring can be done any time after school and without the need to travel. How can this be?  The enrolled kindergarteners and first graders bring home iPads.  These secure iPads only allow the students to access the learning software. Not got wi-fi?  No problem.  The

Khan Academy Kids has just made a programming improvement which makes their extraordinary (and free!) learning software MUCH easier for students to use.   The new password reset procedure sends an email asking the administrator if a new password is desired. Before this system enhancement, if just one student tapped the password reset button in error,

Double-sided write-and-wipe answer boards are now available for small group learning.  Children will be able to literally get a handle on number bonds. This number bond teaching tool matches the style and colors used on the gigantic number bond dry erase boards.

Teachers use number bonds to help their students understand number relationships while developing addition and subtraction skills.  A gigantic number bond makes it easy for a teacher to demonstrate to the entire classroom. A volunteer even installed sturdy hooks making it possible for kindergarten and first-grade teachers to hang these dry erase boards.