COUNTING CHANGE --- Money Mat and Overlay

Does your child or a student in your class struggle to participate meaningfully when you start talking about counting change and skip counting? Here is a great solution for any student (all students) who need a quick and easy way to follow along, actively participate, and LEARN to count mixed change!!

This was created to help my daughter who is in second grade. She hasn't mastered skip counting yet (she's still working on that, but in order to grasp counting change, she needs an adaptive tool to help her along). This will cut down on the amount she has to count out loud (counting to 25 for each quarter can really slow you down, when the rest of the class knows to skip straight to 25, then to 50, etc. These interchangeable puzzle pieces lay over the money mat (See below) created by Sparkling in Second.

First, head on over to Sparkling in Second to check out her awesome blog and download her free Money Mat! (You will need that for this activity!!-- so Seriously, Head on over there! Don't worry, it'll open a new tab so you wont need to find your way back here after you download it!)

Money Mat Overlay by swes333 on Scribd

Telling Time

Telling Time: First Grade

Flash card set includes analog and digital clocks. On the hour, half hour and quarter hours. I created these for Raven. Please feel free to use them in the home and in the classroom.  Print, cut, paste to standard 3x5" index cards. Can be front (analog)/ back (digital) used as flash cards or analog vs digital pasted to separate index cards for a game of matching. Download, share, print as many as you'd like for personal and commercial use.

Download Flash Cards - 12 hour clock
Download Flash Cards - 24 hour clock*

*24 hour set will require printing 2 sets of clocks OR download the 12 hour set, print just the clocks to use for 01.00-12.00 and the 24 hour set for 13.00-00.00

NUMBER MATCHING FILE FOLDER GAME (FREE)

Ice Cream Cone Number Matching Game

     I recently discovered filefolderfun.com and I must say I am very impressed! The site offers free file folder games (which could be used in or out of the classroom). Raven has been working on counting for quite some time now, so it's no surprise that I downloaded every number game they had. I think I overwhelmed Raven in counting dots. She has the ladybug Garden Counting Game that her BSC downloaded from ABCteach.com (however after searching their website for an hour, I couldn't find it). She also has Cupcake Count (from Filefolder.com). I also downloaded an Ice Cream Count and Match game (from www.themeasuredmom.com) *This one I adapted though because we already had 2 (listed above) games exactly like it. Instead of printing the small white piece of paper with the number printed on it-- i collected buttons that I actually have laying around (I make bows for Raven- so I have LOTS of Buttons!!) and found enough buttons to match the colors of the ice cream scoops, put a wee piece of velcro on the ice cream scoop's dots and the back of the button and Voila a hands on counting and color matching game!

(See my pics of all games listed above--- HERE) 

We are still having resistance with counting- She can, but it is still a non-prefered activity. This is why I decided to try a straight NUMBER MATCHING GAME. Instead of matching a written number with an amount of dots Raven will have a game of matching a written # with another written #. (We really like taking a holistic approach to her education, the more ways we can get her to focus on subject the better!)

ICE CREAM SCOOPS

*These were made for a borderless printer- however the margins are set at 1/2".

Ice Cream Scoops Number Match

ICE CREAM CONES

*you can print these and cut them out before gluing onto a file folder (make sure to cover in contact paper) or laminate the entire page and place in a binder with other similar games! Raven has file and binder games and likes both equally

Ice Cream Cones Matching

Simply print all 3 sheets. Laminate the Ice Cream Scoops and either laminate or glue the Ice Cream Cones into a file folder. Place a piece of velcro about a 1/2" above the top, center of the cone and a piece of velcro on the back of the ice cream scoop. Then ENJOY!!