Basic Math Concepts

Creative Teaching Tips, area, perimeter

Creative Teaching Tips, money, teaching money, counting money, coins, dollars

Creative Teaching Tips, fractions, teaching fractions

Creative Teaching Tips, telling time, teaching time, how to tell time

Bebb shares how she taught her children money skills by making coins, setting up a store and playing a shopping game.

Math in a Flash learning system by Edupress makes it easier for kids to learn their facts. Kids will love practicing their facts with these colorful cards.

The actual teaching of area and perimeter is pretty easy, but understanding how they're used in real life can prove more difficult.

Fractions are Fun! Well, once you learn them they are. Having a solid foundation of basic fraction concepts will make the advanced concepts easier to learn.

Fun and creative ideas for teaching math. Forum members share ideas for teaching time, money, fractions, area and perimeter.

Teaching money is the perfect candidate for hands-on learning. Get out the real thing, use play money, or even make your own, but the more realistic the better.

Teaching time can be tricky and frustrating at times. But hands-on and lots of practice will help the concept stick. Judy clocks are excellent clocks for kids to use since the hour hand moves when the minute hand goes around, just like the real thing.

Suggestions for helping your children enjoy mathematics and be better thinkers. Play math games as a family to sharpen skills

The three most important math skills are: estimation, measuring and logic/problem solving. Before children can begin to really learn these, or any other "math skills" they first need a strong concrete understanding of math. They need real world experience, not abstractions. This requires ample time to play and fiddle and figure out how things work.

Help your child learn math with these fun activities.

This unit study on fractions takes place in the Sweet Tooth Factory. Students help the workers with various fraction tasks.

Charts and Graphs is a topic that's covered all through school, from Kindergarten through 9th grade. I've collected some links for online lessons at different levels to help you cover this topic.

Flashcards for practice - addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, square roots, rounding, and more!

Practice with more advanced problems - addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

This site has a new math challenge for grades K-5 every other week. Each challenge is given in the form of a story about Aunt Mathilda and her nephews and nieces.

Online practice of the number facts. Choose a skill level and you're ready to go.

This online grouping activity is based on Base Ten Math and helps children understand the concept of place value.

Did you know that many of the math concepts we use today were discovered by famous mathematicians centuries ago? You can learn all about them by viewing these PowerPoint presentations.

In just FIVE minutes you should learn to quickly multiply up to 20x20 in your head.  

Practice your basic facts with these online flashcards.

Free printable flashcards and games for learning letters and math skills. (for ages 3 and up)

The word on the street is that Fraction Jackson loves pie (pi?). Become a master pie baker.

Enter your problem and your answer and find out if it is correct.

Practice math problems and see if Leon can get through another mission!

Practice with number lines - jump on the right number.

"Math Facts NOW!" is a simple yet very effective computer program that identifies the weak areas in a child's knowledge of the basic facts of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, and drills the child in parent selected areas giving increased drills in the identified weak areas. Created by a homeschooling family.

Choose your level (grades 2-3 or grades 4-6) and see if you can solve the monthly problem.

How quickly can you fill in the table? Available for addition, subtraction and multiplication.

Math worksheets for addition, subtraction and multiplication. They are different every time you visit one.

All new weekly worksheets - use for teaching, reinforcement and review. (Grade 4-5)

Practice "Making Change", "Spending Money" and "Piggy Bank Breakin".

This site tackles the problem of learning math, and offers real help. At Newton's Window, our purpose is to bring you into mathematics, and make you want to stay. This site has something for all ages, including a weekly math challenge, weekly SAT words and SAT math tips.

...your fractions are in. Online fun with shapes and fractions.

Make your own math drill worksheets for free!

Math problems based on The Three Little Pigs.

You are given two times, can you figure the difference between the two?

Java based applications using number lines to model fractions and the operations on them.