Bat More/Less Center

Students spin the spinner from the Dollar Store and count out that many bats on the cave. The second student does the same. Determine who has more bats in the cave and who has less.

Zero The Hero

Zero The Hero is so cool.

Zero The Hero goes to school.

Zero The Hero saves a space,

So all the other numbers,

Stay in their place! Yeah!

Clip Collection

I got this idea from my friend Jess. We use Everday Calendar Counts for our Math Program in Kindergarten. Each day we add a paper clip to count our 180 days of school. This is portable so it doesn't take up as much wall space. It is made from foam board. There are 18 mug hooks to hold groups of ten paper clips. In the upper right hand corner there are three more hooks. Each hook will have the digits 0-9 on rings to show how many clips there are.

Ten Frames

My friend Jess went to a workshop and got the idea to make a magnetic ten frame using small circular magnets and cookie sheets. We use them in kindergarten to help students understand place value and addition/subtraction. So I liked the idea and made the blue and orange one with some scraps. I used 3/4" magnets with foam tape already adhered and cut the circles from Plantin Schoolbook. My nephew liked it and wanted one. I was giving it as a birthday present so I wanted to make it cuter than just dots. His favorite colors are yellow and orange. So I used yellow and orange Mickey Ears from the Mickey Font cartridge cut at 1 inch. I shadowed them to give the ears a little more strength. So then my daughter so the Mickey ones and wanted those instead of the circle one I had made her. She found the glitter paper in my stash and decided to use that for hers.