Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Resource of the Day: Make your own math manipulative blocks
Inspired by the demo of a popular math program this past week, I've put together a set of math manipulative blocks that you can print yourself on heavy cardstock to use. Just print the blocks on different colors of paper, or color them after printing on white paper, and cut them out. There are many, many math applications for these blocks. We're currently using them to practice skip-counting: just deal out a stack like playing cards, counting while you put down each one.
All of the blocks are 1 inch square, so they fit on top of each other. You can do all of the four major operations, as well as work with fractions.
Homeschool Help Web Math Manipulative BlocksLabels: math, Resource of the Day
Monday, February 11, 2008
Resource of the Day: Math Worksheet generator
Even if you don't use textbooks or worksheets as a rule, it seems that sometimes you just need one. Here's a great site for producing worksheets with just a few clicks:
The Math Worksheet SiteThey have addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, of course, but also graphs, fractions, measurement, time and "hundreds charts" to print. Each time you generate a sheet, it comes up in PDF format, so you can easily save it.
Labels: math, Resource of the Day
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Resource of the Day: HomeschoolMath.net
HomeschoolMath.net is a great math resource. The site is chockful of lesson information, games, worksheet generators and more. They do also offer some math curricula for sale, but inexpensively. Please check them out!
HomeschoolMath.netLabels: math, Resource of the Day
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Resource of the Day: Homeschool Math Blog
Here's a great blog for helping you help your students with math:
Homeschool Math BlogTheir tag line really says it all:
"Math teaching ideas, interesting math topics, reviews, articles and news, updates to the Homeschool Math.net site, and more - anything that helps YOU to teach math."Labels: math, Resource of the Day
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Resource of the Day: Free Large-Print Math Worksheets
This site offers regular math worksheets for the most part, but I thought it was great that they also offer a selection of large print worksheets. These would be great for a child with vision problems:
Free Large Print Math WorksheetsLabels: math, Resource of the Day
Monday, November 19, 2007
Resource of the Day: Cyberchase for parents and teachers
Cyberchase is a great little show for introducing math concepts to children - we even have
a review of it on the main site. But did you know that they also have a "Parents and Teachers" section on their wonderful website? Pop over there for great lesson and activity plans, tips and support and much more. They have some great ideas and resources!
Cyberchase for Parents and TeachersLabels: math, Resource of the Day
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Resource of the Day: Free Printable Graph Paper
Printable graph paper in quarter-inch, half-inch and one inch sizes - so you don't have to buy whole packs of paper when you only need a few sheets!
Printable Graph PaperLabels: math, Resource of the Day
Friday, November 09, 2007
Resource of the Day: AlgeBasics video tutorials
These are really good - simple, text based videos explaining the basics of algebra. Right now there are 16 sections, with lots of videos in each section. They're very plain, just text on-screen with voice-over narration, but that's really all you need. I'm definitely bookmarking this for the future!
Algebasics Algebra TutorialsLabels: math, Resource of the Day
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Resource of the Day: Math Worksheet Generator
Here is a site that helps you generate math worksheets, which you can then turn around and print for use with your children:
SuperKids Math Worksheet GeneratorLabels: math, Resource of the Day
