Kindergarten Math Centers and Morning Tubs - December

 This DECEMBER CHRISTMAS MATH CENTERS learning pack is a compilation of 15 hands-on math activities for kindergartens. The scope for this packet are:

• Numbers from 1-10
• Numbers from 11-20
• Numbers from 1-100
• Place Value (11-20)
• Addition 1-10
• Subtraction 1-10
• Comparing Numbers (less than, greater than or equal)
• Measuring
• Reading the Time/Learning about Clocks

The themes included in this pack are: all Christmas!

Sharks Preschool Mini Unit

Our Penguin Preschool Mini Unit became a favorite since I published it early this year. With its popularity, I decided to create SHARKS PRESCHOOL MINI UNIT to provide fun hands-on learning activities to preschoolers who are absolutely in love and obsessed with these creatures!

Kindergarten Math: Shapes Activity Centers

I finally compiled my son's favorite SHAPE activities (centers) for the past months into one HUGE product!  Introducing the KINDERGARTEN MATH SHAPES ACTIVITY CENTERS, the first in a series of our KINDERGARTEN MATH collection.

Below, you will find the list of activities included in this fun and engaging printable set, plus a preview of the materials on how we put them into action! (You can view more on our Instagram account).

FREE Valentine's Day-Themed Math Resources

Fun Valentine's Day-themed math activities for you and your kids to enjoy this month of February! You can get these printable materials for FREE if you SIGN UP for our newsletter.

FREE Winter Themed Printable Materials

Holidays are over and it's time to shift our shelves from Christmas-themed to anything "wintery".  I am excited to share this month's printable learning materials.  Be sure to subscribe and sign up for our newsletter to be able to get access to these files.  And if you are a subscriber already, be sure to check your email (if not on the inbox, check the SPAM as well) for the access code.

FREE Gingerbread Man Addition to 10 Ten Frames

I have another gingerbread freebie for you! This one is for kids who loves addition activities like my boy.

FREE Christmas Themed Printable Materials

For the month of December and for celebrating Christmas, I am happy to share these printable learning materials for you to enjoy and use in your homes and schools this holiday season!  Be sure to subscribe and sign up for our newsletter to be able to get access to these files.  And if you are a subscriber already, be sure to check on your emails for the new member's access code!

Hands-on Less and More Counting Activities

I'm so happy to share our updated Holiday and Seasonal themed packs of our MORE OR LESS / COMPARING NUMBERS Activities in the shop.  I had a great time using these learning materials with Vito years ago when he was just beginning to learn about numbers and quantities.  To give you an idea on how we conducted the activity check it here, CHRISTMAS THEMED PACK with manipulatives.  The picture below is Vito's work.  He's still learning so he has a mistake in this one.

Addition Worksheets and Activities - Apple Theme

Play pretend of apple picking to sort out addition equations!  There's nothing more enjoyable than learning math and playing at the same time.  This ADDITION WORKSHEETS AND ACTIVITIES PACKET is perfect for kindergartens up to grade 1 and requires minimal preparation! This was designed for learning and mastering addition facts from 1 to 10.

Montessori Golden Beads Bank Game

Vito currently loves using our Golden Beads material.  We are done with presentation of materials and have worked the layout (Montessori Decimal System with Golden Beads) as well (we will do this again) and now he enjoys playing the Bank Game.

Winter Themed 1-10 Counting Activities

If you love themed activities, you will surely love these winter counting printable activities we have in the shop.  These materials promote hands-on mathematics and enable children to practice writing and do some fine motor skill works.

Ten Frames

Vito enjoys these “scenic” ten frames as I often call them. Currently, we have 3 different beautiful designs that can go along with any of your winter themes.  Here Vito is working on our kids winter themed ten frames.  He was disappointed that it didn’t snow here last Christmas so I gave him a few snowy themed activities.  There are two types of activities included in our one to ten counting ten frames.

Using the Four Seasons Addition Clipcards

Enjoy the fun in learning addition with this winter-themed addition clipcards.  Vito is currently obsessed with adding numbers so I made these seasons addition clipcards  for him to work with to help enrich his skills in addition.  These are so easy to prepare and use.  Below are the recommended manipulatives that you can use with the cards for a hands-on approach in learning addition.

Christmas Themed Counting Activities

Can you believe that it’s Christmas time in less than 2 months?  With this holiday season coming, I’d like to share this fun Christmas tree decorating and counting activity.  I made this last year but didn’t make it to the blog and shop.  The boys had so much fun putting “decors” into their tree with playdough.  You might want to check this out.

Seasonal Pattern Blocks Mats (with FREE Download)

I am so excited to share the latest craze in our house lately, the pattern block mats!  I made these printable materials because my boys are totally obsessed with making “pictures” and objects using our pattern blocks (bought from Amazon).  We own this and the magnetic version since Vito was a baby but the boys’ needs keep growing and I decided to provide them with picture mats so they can create not just plain pattern block objects but objects that integrate in beautiful backgrounds for a more imaginative play.  The best thing about this printable is that we can print and reuse them over and over again!

Fall Leaves Counting Activities

It is finally autumn, and counting leaves has never been this fun!

Apple Number Bond Activities

Using our Apple Number Bond learning materials is a fun way to learn number decomposition this autumn. Vito is currently learning tens and number bonds as preparation for early addition.

Montessori Teens and Tens Extension Work

A few weeks ago, I shared some of the extension works that Vito was doing on the teens and the tens on my Instagram. We didn't own the complete set of Sequin Boards, so I decided to make our own materials to do more exercises and not be limited by the boards. I have talked about learning about teens the Montessori way here and in this post. In this post, I will give you a walk-through of how we learn more about the tens and how we practice counting bigger numbers (from 11 to 100).

Learning About Number Bonds for Kids

Help your child understand number bonds with our fun and engaging learning materials.  They are so easy to use and prepare!  These number bond activities will aid your kids, and students in understanding "Parts of a whole", basic addition, subtraction, and number recognition.  These will keep your little ones engaged as these learning materials encourage the use of manipulatives which promote hands-on learning and real-world experience in object manipulation and counting.

Back to School: Our Math Learning Resources

We are using Montessori Math albums in our homeschool so our math works revolve mostly on classic Montessori materials.  I also integrate seasonal activities in our learning activities to add some twist.  I got my albums from Montessori Parent and KHT Montessori for early childhood.  These are amazing resources that have helped me understand the order of materials to use and basically how to use them.  We tend to do a lot of extension works, something that are not included in most of these albums.  I share these activities mostly in my Instagram account and hopefully I will have some time to share them here in the blog as well.

Note that this list is for our personal homeschooling only.  It doesn’t reflect what’s in a Montessori classroom.  The list serves as my guide in the subject area and Vito's possible activities this school year.  Although I have a plan and a guide it doesn’t mean that Vito is forced to work on all of these for the next 10 months.  Depending on Vito's interest and progress, we will choose which activity to do and prioritize.

Learning Number Bonds with Ten Frames

Years ago, I made a post about number bonds and how my eldest used it at home to learn basic addition.  And now I’m working with it again with Vito, my almost 5 years old boy.  Months ago, he discovered the joy of adding numbers using his fingers so we started with basic addition using the Montessori Addition board.  He got tired with it quite a bit so I introduced number bonds.