Seasonal Math Activities - Spring (eBook)

Book excerpt: This is the third book in the Seasonal Math Activities series to help teachers make math more interesting and even fun for their students. The hands-on activities help students learn and review important math concepts such as: measurement, addition and subtraction, estimation, skip counting, ordinal numbers and much more. Activity ideas include categorizing and counting jelly beans, counting flower petals, predicting and tracking weather, and lots of holiday fun. Several activities are based on popular children's literature. Each activity has a list of materials needed and clear, concise directions. Also provided are the skills students will learn or practice as they do the activity. Every creative idea in this book will change your students' attitude toward math from ho-hum to oh-boy!