Sunday, March 17, 2013
A Guide to Posts!
A little explanation:
To make these posts a little more clear, I have tried to label them to help readers better understand!
For the Big Kids!: These posts refer to resources that teachers and parents/guardians (you're teachers too!) can use to enhance learning outside the classroom.
For the Little Kids!: These posts refer to activities, games, multimedia and other resources for kids to help facilitate learning.
Enjoy!
For the Little Kids!: Zeros
Zeros
This is a music video by a band called They Might Be Giants. This band has several very cute videos about different numbers, letters, science and all kinds of subject. They are fun and catchy and kids love them! This particular video addresses the number, or "mathematical value" of the number zero. It helps kids understand that while zero represents nothing, the number still has a mathematical value. It's great, so enjoy!
This is a music video by a band called They Might Be Giants. This band has several very cute videos about different numbers, letters, science and all kinds of subject. They are fun and catchy and kids love them! This particular video addresses the number, or "mathematical value" of the number zero. It helps kids understand that while zero represents nothing, the number still has a mathematical value. It's great, so enjoy!
For the Big Kids!: NCTM Article
NCTM Article
http://www.nctm.org/uploadedFiles/Lessons_and_Resources/figurethis/family%20broch_2_ENG.pdf
Every parent/guardian is curious about how to help their child learn more. This article (short in length!) , published by the NCTM, will help answer some of the essential questions some parents have about their child's math education. Enjoy!
http://www.nctm.org/uploadedFiles/Lessons_and_Resources/figurethis/family%20broch_2_ENG.pdf
Every parent/guardian is curious about how to help their child learn more. This article (short in length!) , published by the NCTM, will help answer some of the essential questions some parents have about their child's math education. Enjoy!
For The Big Kids!: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
National Council of the Teachers of Mathematics!
http://www.nctm.org/resources/elementary.aspx
This organization, the NCTM, establishes the national standards for teaching/learning mathematics across all grade levels. These standards are what classrooms across the nation address. This particular web page is a resource page for parents to learn more about math education in schools. As a parent or guardian, this website has answers for many who are curious about what is being taught in schools and how it progresses across grade levels. Enjoy!
http://www.nctm.org/resources/elementary.aspx
This organization, the NCTM, establishes the national standards for teaching/learning mathematics across all grade levels. These standards are what classrooms across the nation address. This particular web page is a resource page for parents to learn more about math education in schools. As a parent or guardian, this website has answers for many who are curious about what is being taught in schools and how it progresses across grade levels. Enjoy!
For the Big Kids!: JumpStart
Jumpstart!
http://www.jumpstart.com/parents/resources/math-resources
This is a wonderful website for parents and teachers that offers different resources for math education. Jumpstart is a company that has been developing multimedia education for several years and spans across all age/skill levels as well as different curriculum. The website has some activities that can be played on the website and some that you can purchase to use on personal computers. Enjoy!
http://www.jumpstart.com/parents/resources/math-resources
This is a wonderful website for parents and teachers that offers different resources for math education. Jumpstart is a company that has been developing multimedia education for several years and spans across all age/skill levels as well as different curriculum. The website has some activities that can be played on the website and some that you can purchase to use on personal computers. Enjoy!
For the Little Kids!: Manga High
Manga High
www.mangahigh.com
This website is chock full of great math games! The site utilizes great graphics as well as incorporates great math strategies to help kids learn through gaming. The games can be enjoyed by kids of all ages/skill levels and the games even let you pick your own avatar. This site is great, and incredibly well designed. The beauty of these games is that they can be used individually or in groups both inside and outside of the classroom. Enjoy!
www.mangahigh.com
This website is chock full of great math games! The site utilizes great graphics as well as incorporates great math strategies to help kids learn through gaming. The games can be enjoyed by kids of all ages/skill levels and the games even let you pick your own avatar. This site is great, and incredibly well designed. The beauty of these games is that they can be used individually or in groups both inside and outside of the classroom. Enjoy!
For the Big Kids!: IXL Math
IXL Math
http://www.ixl.com/
The IXL website has activites and games for children of all age/skill levels. The company may look familiar for those that have seen the advertisement for the IXL Learning Notebook game player. This toy is advertised as a fun learning tool that allows kids to facilitate their own learning. Many of the activities on the site are content rich and well designed. Enjoy!
http://www.ixl.com/
The IXL website has activites and games for children of all age/skill levels. The company may look familiar for those that have seen the advertisement for the IXL Learning Notebook game player. This toy is advertised as a fun learning tool that allows kids to facilitate their own learning. Many of the activities on the site are content rich and well designed. Enjoy!
For the Big Kids!: Illuminations Math
Illuminations
http://illuminations.nctm.org/
Illuminations is a website that the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics sponsors. There are activities and lessons on the website as well as a list of the National Mathematics standards. Many of the activities are not only fun, but engaging and content rich. Kids can use these on their own (with computer supervision, of course) both in the classroom during math centers and on their own outside the classroom. Enjoy!
http://illuminations.nctm.org/
Illuminations is a website that the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics sponsors. There are activities and lessons on the website as well as a list of the National Mathematics standards. Many of the activities are not only fun, but engaging and content rich. Kids can use these on their own (with computer supervision, of course) both in the classroom during math centers and on their own outside the classroom. Enjoy!
For the Big Kids!: Teacher Vision!
Teacher Vision!
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/math/teacher-resources/8592.html
This is a website that is full of resources for teachers (and therefore parents!) to use with children. It includes activites based on grade/skill level, as well as links to other multimedia and ways to use math outside of the regular content area. There are activities that connect to other content such as arts & humanities, science and others. Enjoy!
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/math/teacher-resources/8592.html
This is a website that is full of resources for teachers (and therefore parents!) to use with children. It includes activites based on grade/skill level, as well as links to other multimedia and ways to use math outside of the regular content area. There are activities that connect to other content such as arts & humanities, science and others. Enjoy!
For the Little Kids!: School House Rock!
School House Rock!
I am sure there are many people with fond memories of School House Rock videos. This particular video is fun and visually exciting as well as content rich. It reviews counting by fives and applies it to multiplying by fives. It's educational as well as fun!It is fast paced, so you may need to play it more than one time to really get the most out of it. Enjoy!
I am sure there are many people with fond memories of School House Rock videos. This particular video is fun and visually exciting as well as content rich. It reviews counting by fives and applies it to multiplying by fives. It's educational as well as fun!It is fast paced, so you may need to play it more than one time to really get the most out of it. Enjoy!
For the Big Kids!: Math Class Needs A Makeover!
Dan Meyer
This is a video of a talk that high school math teacher, Dan Meyer, gave to illustrate how he teaches math in relation to the real world. In another video (which you can find on Youtube, should you wish to view it) he suggests that presenting students with a real world problem to solve should allow math to serve conversation, debate, and discussion rather than the other way around. This is what I would like to do in the classroom and I would challenge parents and guardians to do the same outside of the classroom. It really serves to engage the students in math!
This is a video of a talk that high school math teacher, Dan Meyer, gave to illustrate how he teaches math in relation to the real world. In another video (which you can find on Youtube, should you wish to view it) he suggests that presenting students with a real world problem to solve should allow math to serve conversation, debate, and discussion rather than the other way around. This is what I would like to do in the classroom and I would challenge parents and guardians to do the same outside of the classroom. It really serves to engage the students in math!
For the Big Kids!: PBS Education
PBS Education
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/classroom/k-2/math/resources/
PBS has a wonderful website for education that provides resources, activities and multimedia for teachers and students. We use the activities in the classroom, and several of these are appropriate to use outside the classroom as well. There are lessons and activities for all ages and skill levels on this site. Enjoy!
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/classroom/k-2/math/resources/
PBS has a wonderful website for education that provides resources, activities and multimedia for teachers and students. We use the activities in the classroom, and several of these are appropriate to use outside the classroom as well. There are lessons and activities for all ages and skill levels on this site. Enjoy!
For the Little Kids!: Math Advantage!
Math Advantage:
http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/math_advantage.html
This website is another that is generated by another textbook company called Harcourt. This particular site, again, lets you select skill level based on grade and provides a variety of activities to complete. This site has games such as money matching where kids will match values to their coin representations or time matching to help with clock skills. The game play is relatively simple, but the graphics are not amazing. These are activities I might ask kids to use during math centers at a computer centered station.
http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/math_advantage.html
This website is another that is generated by another textbook company called Harcourt. This particular site, again, lets you select skill level based on grade and provides a variety of activities to complete. This site has games such as money matching where kids will match values to their coin representations or time matching to help with clock skills. The game play is relatively simple, but the graphics are not amazing. These are activities I might ask kids to use during math centers at a computer centered station.
For the Big Kids!: Discovery Education!
Parent/Teacher Resources:
As much as I would like to accomplish in the classroom, I realize I may not always get as much time as I would like. That is why it is so important to continue to challenge children outside the classroom. Once again, there are good resource and not so wonderful ones all across the internet. Perhaps I can help shed some light on some websites that do have great content.
Discovery Education:
This website is a great resource to use both in the classroom and outside the classroom. Kentucky Educational Television suggests this website as a tool to use as well. The website includes videos and other multimedia that cover a variety of educational material across all subjects, including math. You can sign up for free and utilize the website. Enjoy!
The Nonagon!
The Nonagon!
This is a wonderful video to cover polygons with children. It's by a band called They Might Be Giants. This band does many songs that are wonderful for kids of all ages. This particular video is a great way to introduce or engage students, not to mention that it's really fun to dance to!
This is a wonderful video to cover polygons with children. It's by a band called They Might Be Giants. This band does many songs that are wonderful for kids of all ages. This particular video is a great way to introduce or engage students, not to mention that it's really fun to dance to!
For the Little Kids!: Funbrain!
Funbrain!
http://www.funbrain.com/
Funbrain is a website run by the Pearson publishing company. Some aspects of this particular website are great, such as the graphics and the ability to choose both a gender, grade level and pawn for your particular player all enhance the website. The math skills the website addresses can also be changed to suit your child's skill level. The gameplay area is somewhat small, but the games themselves are not inherently difficult for children. The rules of the game are displayed, which could be an issue for some children, but nothing that can't be solved by an adult supervisor. Happy solving!
http://www.funbrain.com/
Funbrain is a website run by the Pearson publishing company. Some aspects of this particular website are great, such as the graphics and the ability to choose both a gender, grade level and pawn for your particular player all enhance the website. The math skills the website addresses can also be changed to suit your child's skill level. The gameplay area is somewhat small, but the games themselves are not inherently difficult for children. The rules of the game are displayed, which could be an issue for some children, but nothing that can't be solved by an adult supervisor. Happy solving!
For the Little Kids!: Figure This!
Math Games for Kids:
There are many sites out there that adverstise to help your child with their math skills in a fun manner, such as games and activites. However, not all these sites are worthwhile, nor do they teach (or use) good mathematic strageties. Hopefully, this blog will be a resource for you to help your children outside the classroom, at any skill level. That said, let's get started!
Figure This!
http://www.figurethis.org/index.html
This site is founded by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. While the resources on this page are more math-centered and not necessarily games, they are still excellent to use outside the classroom in working with your child. The website presents the child with a "problem" and help provide hints to facilitate the problem solving process. The content is great on this website, although the graphics are not amazing. We could use this in our classroom as an exploration where students would work together to solve the real-world problem, but these also work outside the classroom. That said, happy solving!
There are many sites out there that adverstise to help your child with their math skills in a fun manner, such as games and activites. However, not all these sites are worthwhile, nor do they teach (or use) good mathematic strageties. Hopefully, this blog will be a resource for you to help your children outside the classroom, at any skill level. That said, let's get started!
Figure This!
http://www.figurethis.org/index.html
This site is founded by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. While the resources on this page are more math-centered and not necessarily games, they are still excellent to use outside the classroom in working with your child. The website presents the child with a "problem" and help provide hints to facilitate the problem solving process. The content is great on this website, although the graphics are not amazing. We could use this in our classroom as an exploration where students would work together to solve the real-world problem, but these also work outside the classroom. That said, happy solving!
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